Each year, roughly 8,000 deaths in the United States are associated with extreme temperatures. And as temperatures rise, this number could swell.

If the pluripotent stem cells can be turned into precursors to egg and sperm cells, the feat could potentially be a big deal for giant panda conservation.

The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii has a unique reproductive strategy that might allow it to claim territory quickly.

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

With concerns that mpox may now spread more easily and be more severe, researchers warn that failing to curb the outbreak means “nobody is safe.” ...

Black garden ants made tweaks to entrances, tunnels and chambers that may help prevent diseases from spreading.

Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

Animals including mammals usually protect their brains from infiltrating microbes that can cause disease. But some fish seem to do just fine.

The two plasma fountains, spanning 23 million light-years, could shape cosmic structures far beyond their home galaxy.

Scientists have measured the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement in top quarks, the heaviest fundamental subatomic particles known. It’s the first detection of entanglement between pairs of ...

An analysis of tissue samples from nearly 1,200 older adults found that the more insertions individuals had, the younger they died.

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