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Painting city roofs white could lower the temperature in London dramatically on the hottest days, new research suggests.

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A new study has revealed the exact origin of the Pacific Ocean's mysterious "biotwang" noises, which were first detected by ...

Researchers unexpectedly found traces of cocaine in the mummified brain tissue of 17th-century people buried in a crypt in ...

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Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a "revenant" grave where a man was buried with large stones on his chest to prevent ...

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

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The Amazon fires, fueled by severe drought exacerbated by climate change, have created a toxic smoke cloud spanning about 4 ...

Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep ...