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Are you right-handed? Left-handed? Or even ambidextrous? For most of your life, you've probably heard that this has something to do with the way your brain is hardwired: that preference seems to show up even before you are born, after all.

Jurassic Park was wrong.

As ovaries age, their supporting tissue becomes stiffer, and slowing that process may be key to extending fertility.

Spaceflight is rough on the mammalian body.

One of the world's largest uranium mines, the Wismut GmbH Schlema-Alberoda operation in what was then Soviet East Germany, left behind a toxic legacy.

The Classic Maya period, from around 250-900 CE, is seen as something of a golden age for the civilization.

The latest discovery in the galactic center strengthens the Milky Way's resemblance to a mouth-watering treat.

Enjoying consistent, low-effort bowel movements is a massively underappreciated aspect of one's quality of life.

We usually treat a photograph as a record of one moment in time.

Early in the progression of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, DNA inside neurons starts showing signs of weakness.