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As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a new theory suggests.

Human bones discovered in a house that burned down 5,700 years ago are providing archaeologists “CSI”-style clues about the deaths of seven people in prehistoric Ukraine.

Studies suggest that semaglutide reduces heart attack and stroke and may curb addiction and more. Scientists reflect on the future of GLP-1 drugs beyond weight loss.

“Both understood phages as medicinal agents, which the rest of the medical field viewed as nonsensical.”

More than half of rural hospitals and more than one-third of urban hospitals did not offer labor and delivery services in 2022.

A new mRNA therapy tested in mice may target the root cause of the potentially fatal pregnancy disorder preeclampsia.

Female moths may pick up on the ultrasonic wailing of distressed plants and opt to lay their eggs on different, healthier plants.

With wheels and a choice of two legs or four, the DEEP Robotics Lynx is capable of traversing tough terrain.

This is another in a year-long series of stories identifying how the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence is impacting our lives — and ways we can work to make those impacts as beneficial as possible. Chatbots talk to people using artificial intelligence, or…

When baby Atlantic puffins in Iceland venture out of the cliffside burrows where they had hatched, they look for the light of the moon. It will guide them to the sea. But nearby town lights sometimes confuse them. This leads…