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There's one beast in all the ocean that strikes terror even into the heart of the great white shark, once regarded as the most fearsome predator in the sea.

An object that struck an Australian man's Tesla as he was traveling along a highway may have been a meteorite.

When you open your fridge, you expect it to be cooler than your kitchen.

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant blood cancers, new research has revealed.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third known visitor from beyond our Solar System, has been brightening far more rapidly than expected as it approaches perihelion, its closest point to the Sun.

Exercise is like medicine for the heart, and just like with medication, you need the right "dose" for it to be effective.

Elite athletes can push their bodies to the very limit, but even they can't surpass the boundaries of human nature, according to new research.

Creatine is one of the most widely used sports supplements across the world.

Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth's magnetic field and the way continents and tectonic plates have shifted across millennia - but for some periods, the geological record doesn't make much sense.

Our gut is full of tiny creatures that help us digest our food, protect us from harmful intruders, and act as the telephone line between our digestive system and brain.