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For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological ...

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For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of bacteria hiding in 'noninfectious' kidney stones. These hardened ...

Supplementing the guts of older mice with poop from younger ones has revealed the key role microbes play in intestinal stem ...

Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing ...

Caffeine in coffee is a muscle stimulant that increases the heart rate in some people. This can potentially contribute to an irregular heartbeat, known as arrhythmia. Caffeine also stimulates adrenal ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of hydrogen fuel leaks that marred the dress rehearsal of its giant new rocket.

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But that good arm can be strengthened. In our newly published research in the journal JAMA Neurology, we found that training the less-impaired arm in people living with chronic stroke can improve ...