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Bacterial meningitis is once again in global headlines, with recent cases linked to the University of Otago in New Zealand and a fast-growing outbreak at the University of Kent in England.

Comb jellies – very simple, gelatinous creatures best-known for their hypnotic underwater light shows – first appeared in ...

Athletes commonly use short periods of heat exposure – typically seven to 14 days – to prepare for competition in hot climates. But we wanted to know whether longer-term heat exposure, over four to ...

When certain gut microbes were transferred to mice, scientists later detected the bacteria in the gut and brain, but nowhere else in the body.

Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60,000 years ago, according to some intricately engraved ostrich eggshells found across southern Africa.

A coffee hit might be more commonly associated with increased alertness, but a new study shows that it could also help lower ...

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For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill.

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Paraxanthine, a compound the body naturally produces when it breaks down caffeine, is starting to appear in energy drinks and ...