For three turbulent centuries, the glimpse of a square sail and dragon-headed prow on the horizon struck terror into the hearts of medieval Europeans. Indeed, the ...

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In November of 1978, an observer in a Boston institution hurriedly scrawled down a short note that, unbeknownst to them, would eventually send waves through the research field of language development.

Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease than White Americans, and their life expectancy is about five years shorter. Why? In this special ...

Chaser with a Charles Darwin plush. Chaser was able to pick Darwin out of a pile of toys despite having never seen the toy—or heard the word "Darwin"—before. Image Credit: Julia Cort, NOVA Share The ...

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Imagine a website that reviewed narcotics. Imagine that people who were really into methamphetamine or heroin could go to one of dozens of sites to weigh the pros and cons of each drug. Imagine these ...

A new study shows that, in contrast to a longstanding rule in human biology, mitochondrial DNA can be inherited from fathers as well as mothers. Photo Credit: seal1837, Pixabay Share The first time ...

Ride along on the outside of Huygens as it parachutes through Titan's atmosphere at nearly 200 miles per hour. Sound is basically pressure waves that are moving through some medium. So the sound that ...

For decades, rumors of alien spacecraft at Area 51 have captivated the public imagination. In what is now known as one of the most infamous government cover-ups, an absence of information fueled wild ...

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