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Scientists are studying the vaginal microbiome in populations all around the world to see how it might differ in different people and in health and disease.

As scientists unravel how sleep benefits the body, a study in mice is highlighting the potential pitfalls of using Ambien and other sleep aids.

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now decipher thanks to AI and a particle accelerator.

A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say there is currently “no evidence” that it has infected humans and the risk of it doing…

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here’s how to get the best view, starting tonight.

It’s hard to cook both the white and the yolk of the egg to the right temperature. Scientists have found a new method, called periodic cooking.

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021.

Archaeologists discovered ancient Roman inscriptions and a 1,900-year-old coin wedged between rock formations while exploring a cave called the Cova de les Dones in eastern Spain.

February’s full Snow Moon will have a royal companion as it rises alongside Regulus, a star nicknamed “Heart of the Lion”, before Valentine’s Day.

More than a quarter million beads found in a tomb with female skeletons were used to decorate the women’s ceremonial dresses, suggesting they were powerful leaders five millennia ago.