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Rather than chowing down on bison meat, Stone Age people likely ate a more balanced meal—study

A year-long trial about downplayed risks from a 2009 quake came to a close with the verdict, which alarmed Earth scientists worldwide

The milk could help infants who develop an allergic response to whey, but it also holds more of a non-whey protein called casein, which is also responsible for allergies

Scientists have envisioned a space-time crystal with cyclical structure in time as well as space

The disease isn't deadly for most U.S. adults, but, if infected, you could transmit the disease to someone more vulnerable

Other studies have found that different groups of chimps use tools differently, but new findings reveal the first example of different social interactions between groups

A nearly frost-free winter followed by the summer's drought has worsened the epidemic

Patients drinking grapefruit juice needed only about about a third as much sirolimus to achieve optimal cancer-fighting levels of the drug

Evolution might underlie the different processing of female versus male bodies. Both genders do it

A low-glycemic-index diet is better than a low-fat or Atkins diet in terms of improving metabolism and reducing the risk of various chronic diseases

A warming planet, which is causing sea ice in Antarctica (and elsewhere) to melt, may ultimately be to blame for the plummeting penguin population

Coyotes are overtaking the red fox, which feeds on small mammals such as mice, shrews and chipmunks, animals that, like deer, can play host to the Lyme-disease-carrying ticks

Mere minutes of therapy quieted brain regions that process fear. Six months later, those areas remained less active than before therapy

New fMRI images of unsedated dogs represent a first peak into what dogs are thinking and open a door into canine cognition and social cognition in other species

Rather than search for an acoustic motivation behind its structure, new research aims to better understand how ancient people might have used Stonehenge

Compression fossils reveal that these Mesozoic insects with serrated mouthparts were 10 times bigger than today's fleas, but lacked jumping legs

Whereas global warming devastates most coral, it also is predicted to bring a stronger deep equatorial undercurrent that could create a bit of habitat alongside islands

It's just the second new particle to be discovered at the atom smasher where physicists also seek the elusive Higgs boson particle

The visual-spatial demands of playing Tetris disrupt the formation of the mental imagery involved in flashbacks

A blood test based on 11 genetic markers could make early-onset diagnosis easier and possibly relieve the stigma of depression

Chimpanzee nest-building habits could provide clues to what drove humans from the trees

The time needed for us to reach consensus on a color name falls into a hierarchy that matches the human vision system's sensitivity to red over blue, and so on

A new computer simulation support a long-held theory that social interactions may have triggered brain evolution in human ancestors

A new analysis of implicit bias and explicit sexual orientation statements may help to explain the underpinnings of anti-gay bullying and hate crimes