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Ancient DNA found in the dental plaque of Neandertals — our nearest extinct relative —…

Experts are warning that moves to deregulate America’s drug approval process could see a flood…

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed inexpensive paper pumps that use capillary action to power portable…

A foray into plant biology led one researcher to discover that a natural molecule can…

A relationship between epilepsy and heightened religious experiences has been recognized since at least the…

Nearly 5,000 years ago, long before the vast east-west trade routes of the Great Silk…

A compound able to reverse the allegiance of innate immune system cells – turning them…