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The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky.

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A genetically modified herpes simplex virus, called RP1, has now been shown to destroy advanced melanoma tumors, even when ...

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Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one ...

Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to a shocking extent, a new study has discovered.

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The third object known to have entered the Solar System from interstellar space has an origin unlike either of its ...