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If calamity strikes our planet, a team at the Smithsonian argues that the only way to protect the DNA of at-risk creatures is ...

The 80-plus guests were lying on the black sand beach, intermittently groaning, or taking a restorative dip in the water. We were on day four of our two- week Abercrombie & Kent Arctic Cruise ...

A treatment paradox has recently come to light in prostate cancer: Blocking testosterone production halts tumor growth in ...

A treatment paradox has recently come to light in prostate cancer: blocking testosterone production halts tumor growth in early disease, while elevating the hormone can delay disease progression in ...

A team of molecular ecologists at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark, has found that polar bears developed unique ...

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New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

Even for serious bird-watchers, Black-capped Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees are tough to tell apart. Both are members of ...

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We're all pretty familiar with the term "opposites attract." It's practically a major storyline in most romance books and movies; people who have next to nothing in common fall in love and live ...