Despite the CIA’s best efforts during the Cold War, using cats as spies became, unsurprisingly, a disaster. The 1960s were a wild time for the CIA. When they weren’t dosing each other with acid or ...

A proposed hyperscale data center near Urbana faces strong opposition from residents concerned about its impact on Cedar Bog.

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Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Hunter-gatherers in Europe carefully selected ingredients and cooked complex foods, often pairing fish with specific plants, ...

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...

A study shows that rattlesnake rattling works as a powerful warning signal that scares animals and prevents dangerous encounters in the wild.

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