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Vivid dreams might be doing more than just entertaining your mind at night. Researchers found that immersive dreaming can actually make sleep feel deeper and more refreshing, even when brain activity ...

Deep inside a cave, scientists uncovered fossils from 16 species, including a newfound kākāpō ancestor that may have been ...

A new prototype could supercharge mass spectrometry by analyzing thousands of molecules at once instead of one by one. The ...

When temperatures plunge, the risk to your heart rises dramatically. A large U.S. study shows cold weather is linked to far ...

Scientists have discovered that losing a key protein in small cell lung cancer triggers inflammation that actually helps ...

A star you can see with the naked eye has kept astronomers guessing for decades with its unusually powerful X-rays. Now, ...

Flower nectar often contains small amounts of alcohol, meaning pollinators like hummingbirds are drinking it all day long. Despite consuming human-equivalent amounts, they show no signs of ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known ...

A major discovery reveals that metformin works not just in the body, but in the brain. By switching off a key protein and activating specific neurons, the drug lowers blood sugar through a previously ...

In a remarkable deep-sea breakthrough, researchers have discovered 24 new species of amphipods in the Pacific’s ...