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Some action strategy video games can act like IQ tests. Credit: © sezer66 / Fotolia Researchers at the University of York have discovered a link between...

Pluto's haze layer is blue in this image taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera and computer generated to replicate true color....

Hunter-gatherer societies typically had low wealth disparities. Their mobility would make it hard to accumulate wealth. (stock image) Credit: © Rafal Cichawa / Fotolia Researchers at...

EPFL researcher and last author Johan Auwerx is pictured. Credit: © EPFL / Alain Herzog   Are pomegranates really the superfood we've been led to believe will...

Scientists have discovered the genetics behind the long healthy lifespan of this group of Amish people. Credit: Image courtesy of Northwestern University   The first genetic mutation...

An artist's impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL The recent detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory...

Galaxies of similar size to the Sombrero Galaxy may offer astronomers their first glimpse of a pair of supermassive black holes merging. This hat-shaped...

The Perseus galaxy cluster, located about 240 million light-years away, is shown in this composite of visible light (green and red) and near-infrared images...

A new textile made from a reversible fabric could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable. Two layers of material with different abilities...

New findings demonstrate the importance of environmental factors during pregnancy on the later development of disease. Credit: © Syda Productions / Fotolia Studies have shown that...

Olivine crystals containing melt inclusions (the dark spots on the interiors) sampled from the Mariana arc. These crystals were not part of this study,...