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A comparison of 2 different fitness routines shows that both can have an anti-aging effect on the brain in the elderly, but...

New research sheds light on how obesity increases the risk of cancer. Credit: © hin255 / Fotolia It's been well established that obesity is...

MIT researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags in large warehouses at a distance...

Shark fin soup (stock image). Credit: © baiterek_media / Fotolia A majority of shark fins and manta ray gills sold around the globe for...

Photo and sketch of the confiscated specimen showing three different juveniles of the same species of dinosaur preserved in roosting posture, immediately...

An artist's depiction of the promise of carbon nanotube porins for desalination. The image depicts a stylized carbon nanotube pipe that delivers...

This is Vasilii Petrenko loading an ice core into the melting chamber for extraction of trapped ancient air. Credit: Xavier Fain In 2011 a...

Healthy woman sleeping. (Stock image) Credit: © digitalskillet1 / Fotolia People who get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep may have a greater risk...

The 3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet Plimpton 322 at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University in New York. Credit: UNSW/Andrew Kelly UNSW Sydney...

Researchers studied the gut-microbial composition of members of the Hadza, a hunter-gatherer population in Tanzania. Credit: Jeff Leach More evidence that our intestinal microbes...

Chemical analysis on these storage jars mark the earliest discovery of wine residue in the entire prehistory of the Italian peninsula. Credit: Dr....