The moustronauts were launched on October 31 and returned to Earth on November 14. Mice have a gestation period of around ...

With just 13 letters, the Hawaiian language is among the shortest alphabets in the world (the shortest, by the way, belongs ...

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To get to the bottom of it, they looked at the fish’s anatomy and physiology and discovered something curious in their gills.

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Despite being mammals, these remarkably cancer-resistant animals share a lot in common with cold-blooded species.

Unfortunately, all attempts to date the skulls have proved unsuccessful, so we don’t know exactly when they were stashed.

Stomach troubles? Perhaps the refined poop of a soldier from the First World War will be just what the doctor ordered.

But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 ...

Enduring the greatest threat, only to die shortly after is not the narrative films and books have accustomed us to, but ...

So. It’s December 31, and that means one thing: that the world – and specifically, Axial Seamount, the volcano lying on the ...

“ Sahelanthropus tchadensis was essentially a bipedal ape that possessed a chimpanzee-sized brain and likely spent a ...