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An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20.

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The soothing sounds of pink noise, designed to obscure outside clamor and lull listeners into sleep, may not be so innocuous, a new study suggests.

Elephants are not exactly commonplace in the European landscape, so when archaeologists uncovered an elephant foot bone among the rubble of an Iron Age dig in Spain, they knew it could be something special.

Elite sport often looks like a test of speed, strength, and technical skill.

The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the children of those originally exposed, researchers have found - the first time such a transgenerational link has been clearly ...

Four years ago, astronomers spotted a distant supermassive black hole swallowing an entire star.

Ancient Egyptian mummies have a distinctive odor known only to those who've gotten close enough for a sniff.

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.

Scientists have discovered an effective method for getting people to drink less alcohol, research suggests.