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In doing so, Paralvinella hessleri, a tiny deep-sea worm first discovered in 1989, transforms one of the deadliest substances ...

Warm water and air and unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia helped supercharge stubborn atmospheric rivers that have drenched Washington state with ...

UV (ultraviolet) radiation is the primary risk factor of skin cancer, including melanoma. And while most cases are tied to ...

A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The leaders of P.E.I.’s opposition parties say Rob Lantz resigning as premier is unfair to Islanders. Lantz stepped down ...

Florida State University researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be ...

Report says highly potent Nitazenes were developed as analgesics in the 1950s but ‘were never marketed due to overdose risk’ ...

A new study by scholars from UCLA, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the University of São Paulo not only sheds light ...