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A "house of cards" is such a wonderful English phrase, one now primarily associated with a Netflix political drama.

One of the most famous hominin fossils may not be as familiar as we thought.

Tiny biological batteries known as mitochondria keep the body's cells running smoothly, and their gradual decline is linked to a wide range of age-related diseases.

On 19 December 2025, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will at long last make its closest approach to Earth.

Current medical screening techniques could be failing to catch nearly half of those who experience a heart attack, according to new research, suggesting many of the millions of heart attacks that happen each year could be prevented with improved ...

Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.

Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday.

Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how the drug could be breaking loops of depressive thinking.

Blinking handles essential eye maintenance, and we usually blink multiple times a minute without thinking much about it, though you might be more self-conscious about your own after the results of a new study on their connection to cognitive load.

Death Valley, part of the Mojave Desert stretching across California and Nevada, is known for its extreme weather - but in recent weeks, it has broken records for rain rather than high temperatures.