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Saber-toothed cat skeleton (stock image). Credit: © Vitezslav Halamka / Fotolia Saber-toothed cats that roamed Los Angeles 12,000 years ago had many injuries to their shoulders...

Traditionally speaking, crystals -- like salt, sugar or even diamonds -- are simply periodic arrangements of atoms in a three-dimensional lattice. Credit: © MovingMoment /...

The western U.S. has seen a 2-degrees-Celsius rise in annual average temperature and lengthening of the fire season by almost three months since the...

A close-up view of the ice-walled canyon at the terminus of the Kaskawulsh Glacier, with recently collapsed ice blocks. This canyon now carries almost...

Tiny incubators were used to simulate early Earth conditions, tracking microbial diversity and methane emissions over a period of 500 days. Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia...

Type I landslides on Ceres are relatively round, large and have thick "toes" at their ends. They look similar to rock glaciers and icy...

U astronomers and colleagues have found two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies, VUCD3 and M59cO, with supermassive black holes. The findings suggest that the dwarfs are...

Artist's impression of super-Earth planet GJ 1132b. Credit: MPIA Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around the super-Earth planet GJ 1132b. This marks the first detection of...

Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement Credit: © Photographee.eu / Fotolia Of retiring employees, 12 percent increased their risky drinking at the time...

To better understand how age impacts random behavior, researchers assessed more than 3,400 people aged 4 to 91 years old. Credit: © patpitchaya / Fotolia People's...

European eel. Credit: © Picture Partners / Fotolia Each year, young European eels make their way from breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea to coastal and...