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His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are tryin...

What it would take to send people to Mars

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relat...

How an Apache tribe drove down cases of Rocky Mountain ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is one of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the U...

Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show

Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Ar...

A giant schnauzer named Monty has won the top prize at ...

Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Ar...

Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the...

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign ...

Space telescope finds rare 'Einstein Ring' of light in ...

An Einstein Ring was discovered by the European Space Agency's Euclid space tele...

Inside an underground facility where the U.S. tests nuc...

The U.S. tested nuclear weapons until the early 1990s. Since then, scientists ha...

A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration...

Attorneys general from 22 states had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the policy...

Trump administration makes deep cuts to science funding

Cuts to costs, temporary freezes on grants, executive orders that go against the...

Scientists grew human-like teeth in pigs. Could it lead...

Tufts University researchers took material from human and pig teeth and were abl...

Scientists grow human-like teeth in pigs

Scientists have grown human-like teeth in a pig's mouth. The research could lead...

What are 'mirror cells' and why do some scientists warn...

For people with two hands, one is usually dominant. On a molecular level, life t...

See Spot run: Photos from a historic Puppy Bowl

The pups from Team Fluff weren't the only winners. See freeze-frame highlights f...

Bone appétit! Dog treats from lab-grown meat are hittin...

Experts say a fifth of U.K. meat consumption is by pets, not people. If Fido eat...

These researchers have found a scientifically perfect w...

An Italian study published this week has found the way to cook a perfect egg — y...

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