Ants living in the soil of your plants are a problem that most people have experienced; however, these creatures do more than ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Scientists expected Chernobyl to be a dead zone — but instead, wolves, plants, and other life are thriving in radiation. Even stranger? These organisms are showing traits they shouldn’t have — faster ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

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Zebra mussels were recently found at Des Moines Water Works. What to know about the invasive species and why the Iowa DNR isn ...

As more companies market their tests and related products, gastroenterologists are faced with trying to incorporate a technology that’s not quite ready for the clinic.

The original Star Trek series secretly used sounds of people kissing to create noises for one of its many alien monsters.

In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California ...

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Decades-old air samples once collected for military surveillance have turned out to be an accidental time capsule of climate ...