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Using hormonal birth control methods, such as “the pill,” may increase users’ risk of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks, a new study has found. However, even then, a person’s overall risk of these conditions is still low.

A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe.

“I’ll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact.”

A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer’s disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s. Scientists are trying to understand why.

The charge transferred when identical objects touch depends on their history, scientists find.

Microsoft scientists have created a quantum processor that taps into a rare state of matter that was first theorized in the 1930s, paving the way for a processor with a million qubits within years.

A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans, scientists say. And it changes how mice squeak.

Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

It’s official: The year 2024 was indeed the hottest on record. It was also the first year in recorded history that Earth’s average temperature was higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial times. What’s important about that increase?…