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Scientists testing potential treatments for sleep apnea made an unexpected discovery. How quickly people react may depend on whether they're breathing in or out.

A review of more than 265,000 people found that cannabis use was associated with higher rates of both committing violence and becoming a victim of it. The researchers say the link is significant but does not prove cannabis itself is the cause.

Astronomers have found strong evidence that some mysterious, minutes-long X-ray flashes are produced when two neutron stars collide and create a magnetar. One record-setting event glowed in X-rays for nearly 10 minutes, potentially opening a new way ...

Scientists predict that nurdles will continue to wash up on North East beaches.

Marine heatwaves may be only the most intense part of much longer warming events, with elevated temperatures sometimes lingering for months. Researchers found that conventional measurements underestimate total heat exposure by more than 150% on ...

Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four year, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise ...

Mulberry compounds may reshape the gut microbiome in ways that support intestinal health and metabolism, with some combinations showing especially strong effects in animal studies. However, the results vary depending on the plant part and processing ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a surprisingly complicated history of water in Jezero Crater. Scientists expected the crater's Margin Unit to contain lake sediments, but instead found ancient igneous rocks that were altered by water on at ...

Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska ...

Powerful jets from supermassive black holes can disturb star-forming gas far beyond a galaxy's visible edge, leaving a glowing trail hundreds of thousands of light-years long. By keeping this gas hot and preventing it from falling inward, the jets .. ...