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Parents may discourage naps out of concern that their child won't then sleep at night, but research suggests that is not ...

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...

Researchers have genetically engineered gut microbes to absorb compounds that contribute to kidney stones – and to thrive in ...

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

It turns out that obesity may be much more complicated than we thought, with the condition potentially existing in up to 11 ...

Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, ...

Over multiple generations, small nematode worms began preferring microplastic-contaminated food over cleaner options, which ...

Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar ...