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Microsoft has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that beats current forecasting methods in tracking air quality, ...

The very moment two electrical currents slam together to form a lightning bolt has been captured, revealing for the first ...

South American mummies have become known for their impressive tattoos, but an analysis has found the design inked into the ...

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study ...

On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

A spray of perfume or a swipe of lotion could mess with highly reactive chemicals clouding your body, according to new research, leading to unknown health effects.

The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral galaxy so well-formed that it already has a stable galactic bar; a long, ...

A gently lobbed baseball is easy to see. The same ball, however, can seem to vanish from the hand of a skilled pitcher, ...

Sitting might be a comfortable and convenient way to spend much of your day, but a new study of older adults suggests it can ...

Being pregnant in the Viking Age was surely no picnic, but this experience has been largely ignored, in part because there ...

It was big news years ago when Mars orbiters found streaks of what appeared to be water running down Martian cliffs and ...