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

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

A new analysis of the brushstrokes and colors in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night reveals a striking ...

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

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.

New research suggests that black holes may actually be "frozen stars," bizarre quantum objects that lack a singularity and an event horizon, potentially solving some of the biggest paradoxes in black ...

A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...