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The magnitude 8.2 quake that struck Chile in April was smaller than the major temblor that researchers are anticipating

The holes are likely a type of sinkhole formed from melting permafrost or ice, which most likely erupted due to a collection of natural gas within the underground spaces

Sleep-deprived individuals are more likely to mix fact with imagination, embellish events and even remember things that never actually happened

Scientists are eager to find out whether the new virus that infects gut bacteria could promote health or influence susceptibility to certain conditions

The coupling of the space rock that crashed into Earth with a period of low diversity among herbivorous dinosaurs may have set the stage for the massive die-off 65-million years ago

Evidence of featherlike structures have been found for the first time in the fossil of a plant-eating dinosaur rather than the dinosaur lineage closely related to birds

CDC officials say doctors clearly miss opportunities to vaccinate teens at the same time that other standard immunizations are administered

Jealousy appears to be a primordial emotion seen not only in humans, but in other animals as well

An old Soviet-era, self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile could have been used to take down the flight that was shot down, killing 298 people

Injecting the TBX18 gene into heart muscle could transform normal heart cells into special ones that can initiate a heartbeat

The temblor that shook Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year was one of only six supersonic earthquakes ever identified

Changes measured by the Swarm satellite show that our magnetic field is weakening 10 times faster than originally predicted, especially over the Western Hemisphere

Customers at the same table are found to pick main dishes from the same category of food as their fellow diners

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the urgent need for changes in prescription practices in a new report

The number of positive or negative posts people saw in their feeds was manipulated and found to influence the content of users' subsequent posts

A booster vaccination may be warranted for adolescents in England to help diminish the spread of this highly contagious respiratory disease

More sitting time per day is associated with the risk of colon and endometrial cancer

A new platform allows users to mix and match 32 aromas and then tag photographs with the result

Scientists get the first-ever glimpse of the magnesium silicate mineral, now named after physicist Percy Bridgman

Recent quake swarms signal that magma is squeezing into Mauna Loa's magma storage chambers in the same spots below where the 1984 eruption occurred

NASA-funded research found drawbacks to having extroverts on teams in isolated and confined environments

Receding glaciers at the end of the last ice age led to the flightless birds' move to the Crozet Islands

Die-offs have been documented everywhere from California to Alaska and Maine through New Jersey

A restaurant experiment indicates signs of rodent regret after consuming greasy grub