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The European Union's climate monitor said Friday that ocean temperatures are edging toward record highs as conditions shift ...

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With over 60,000 ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar each year, this stretch between the Atlantic and Mediterranean ...

Garlic is not a substance that most people consider an aphrodisiac. It turns out that mosquitoes agree. In fact, a new Yale study finds that garlic also functions as a de facto birth control for ...

You probably know that Einstein changed the face of physics with his theory of relativity in his twenties. What you may not ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to ...

A study led by researchers at the University of Liège reveals the mechanism by which surfactin, a molecule produced by ...

When most people think about biodiversity in lakes and rivers, they imagine fish, plants, or perhaps birds and amphibians. But beneath the surface exists another world that often goes unnoticed: ...

For decades, the common explanation for why children struggle to read has stayed remarkably consistent. Smart kids read well. Kids who don't simply aren't smart enough. And when children strain over a ...

There may be an ultraheavy explanation for the mystery surrounding the origins of the highest-energy particles ever observed.