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The ancient dead are finding a new life online—and researchers warn that the trade in mummified human and animal remains...

Smartphones could soon become more than pocket-sized weather assistants. According to a new study from researchers at Peking University, the...

A few lines in an online dating profile may influence far more than whether someone appears interesting. New research from...

For more than three decades, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have been testing a deceptively simple question: can...

Bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, are often portrayed as highly specialized molecular machines: particles that recognize a host, inject...

Malaria researchers are turning attention to one of the most difficult stages of the disease cycle to control: the brief...

The question of where to restore cultivated land is becoming increasingly urgent as cities expand, soils degrade and climate pressures...

Colorectal cancer may be using a molecular disguise to slip past one of the immune system’s most aggressive patrols. A...

A molecule produced every time the brain breaks down dopamine is emerging as a possible missing link between dopamine imbalance...

Fibrosis is one of medicine’s most persistent and difficult biological problems: a repair response that refuses to switch off. Across...