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Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New findings risk turning the tension into a crisis, scientists say.

A large new study has shed light on the wider health impacts of taking Ozempic-style drugs.

People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen group social bonds.

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.

USGS researchers have unveiled the first map of prospective locations for hydrogen gas in the contiguous United States — and there's a lot more than they previously thought.

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

A lavish 9,000-year-old grave in central Germany revealed the burial of a powerful female shaman.

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The saying "weak in the knees" may be figurative for many, but can it really happen to people?

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time.

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

How does creeping stress ignite a cataclysmic earthquake? A new study has answers.

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched down on Titan.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it affects the brain and who is most at risk.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.

"Recycling" an already transplanted organ could help save lives, but the procedure comes with additional risks, physicians say.

There's an idea that larger muscles burn a lot more energy while at rest. But is that true?

Research suggests that alcohol causes cancer through at least five different mechanisms.

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud.