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Tissue may help create better skin transplants for patients with severe burns or skin diseases 

The creature had spiderlike mouthparts and eight legs, but lacked spinnerets

Ground-penetrating radar scan of the bard’s grave finds a headless skeleton

Some scientists are calling for more data to be released before they can accept recent claims that King Tutankhamun's tomb contains hidden, undiscovered chambers

Toxoplasmosis may alter brain chemistry in people exhibiting bouts of explosive anger

Photogrammetry highlights features of the English king's skeleton and resting place

The giant tyrannosaur may have migrated from Asia to western North America across a land bridge 67 million years ago

A crustacean-like creature that lived during the Cambrian period left behind a central nerve cord that extended throughout the body, with visible clusters of tissue

Scientists used satellite images to monitor pyramids, tombs and buried cities from 2002 to 2013

Finding could lead to a new way of figuring out how closely related fossil species are to modern humans

Among a group of 82 Ebola survivors in Liberia, nearly all had some neurologic problems six months or longer after they were infected

The attacking female used a male orangutan as a "hired gun" to help corner and attack the victim in what scientists say is the first observed incident of lethal aggression among orangutans 

Tiny sea butterfly flaps its winglike appendages in a figure-eight pattern to propel itself through the ocean

Interbreeding may have influenced modern risks for depression, heart attacks, nicotine addiction, obesity and other health problems, researchers said

The finding could help resolve a controversy over the continent where the ape and human lineages first evolved, according to researchers

Scientists have reclassified the majority of the 55 known tarantula species and added 14 new ones

Racial categories are weak proxies for genetic diversity and need to be phased out 

Large, hollow nasal crests were comparable to those of hadrosaurs, researchers say

Scientists have discovered exactly how the human brain gets its crinkly, wrinkly appearance in utero

A clay tablet with cuneiform characters may contain a mathematical technique that was believed to be invented 1,400 years later

Posturing and color change among the ways that male and female octopuses frequently communicate, study finds

Improper "pruning" of neural connections could lead to the development of mental illness

The new guidelines recommend that all people age 18 and older, including pregnant and postpartum women, be screened for depression

The company's latest mobile operating system update signals growing awareness of the potential negative health effect of using smartphones and tablets at night