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Unhealthy habits are costing Canadians an estimated six years of life, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine. Researchers found that smoking, poor...

July 2016 was the warmest July in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s...

Scientists have discovered a new way to attack Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The team, from Imperial College London, has revealed how the bacteria regulates its...

The Preface of the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex, first panel on left, and the first three pages of the Table.Credit: Image courtesy...

BPA is a component of some plastics and is found in food containers, plastic water bottles, dental sealants, and thermal receipt paper. In the...

Aerial view of a plume of methane leaking from an underground pipeline, as seen with the help of a unique imaging spectrometer that operates...

Circulating viral infections may help explain the temporal and geographical patterns associated with the risk of developing childhood celiac disease, conclude Swedish researchers in...

The single celled algae, diatoms, can be seen using Scanning Electron Microscopy. It can take up to a year to clean a sample enough...

Reconstruction of Thylacoleo. Credit: Mauricio Antón Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Málaga have proposed that the long extinct marsupial lion hunted in a...

If you want to predict which political party someone will support, take note of the person’s height. The taller a person is, the more likely...

Scientists have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people. Credit: © micahe / Flickr Scientists from Oxford University...