With its top peaking just 6 meters (20 feet) below sea level, extending down to a depth of 24 meters, the Yonaguni Monument looks, for all the world, like a vast, ruined citadel, a remnant of an ...

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A new study led by researchers from the University of Bath in the UK suggests a standard unit for measuring cannabis potency, ...

NASA and the US Department of Energy have reaffirmed their joint project to develop a nuclear fission reactor for the surface ...

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...

As the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also ...

A massive study of more than 18,000 people has revealed that "SuperAgers" – people unusually resistant to dementia in older ...

Artificial sweeteners were supposed to make sugary foods and beverages healthier, but today, some of the most popular ...

Scientists on Wednesday sealed ancient chunks of glacial ice in a first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Antarctica in the hope of ...

A subtle change in brain wave activity could predict Alzheimer's disease more than two years before diagnosis, according to a ...

Spending time in the weightless environment of microgravity can have some dramatic effects on the human body, but scientists ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia. The remains ...