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Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly ...

A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman road network, from ...

A preliminary investigation has found that those who use tobacco with cannabis show unique changes to their brain chemistry.

Tropical cyclones – also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and intensity – are among the ...

Our bodies are in a constant state of ebb and flow, from the breaths we're taking to the fluids washing our brains clean each ...

In an effort to combat Alzheimer's disease, scientists are looking at existing drugs that could treat the condition, and a ...

A Swiss biotech company is putting a new longevity supplement to the test, and the latest clinical results are promising.

A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed.

Once common contributing factors such as body mass index and smoking status were factored in, the final calculations showed ...

There, in the depths of Sulfur Cave, a team of scientists has discovered what they think might be the largest known spider ...

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...