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Humans are not yet done cooking.

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from spreading: they kill themselves to eliminate the dangerous microbes they carry.

It's difficult to forget standing in front of a glacier that is advancing towards you, towering ice pillars constantly cracking as they inch forward.

A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white dwarf torn apart by a black hole.

Every diet has its day in the sun, but emerging evidence is now casting a shadow on the hype of intermittent fasting.

At just 500 kilometers across, Saturn's sixth-largest moon would fit comfortably inside the United Kingdom, with room to spare.

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Scientists have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" (HOC) that could provide a breakthrough in the fight against the world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease.

Scroll through social media and you'll quickly encounter phrases like "I am worthy" or "I choose happiness".

Scientists in Korea are developing a comfortable light therapy hat that they hope will help with hair loss and growth.