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Drinking can change the brain in a way that makes people more likely to speak their mind, but the effects aren't always straightforward.

Although no aliens were found, the results have helped constrain expectations of possible alien transmitter power.

It's unclear why people chose to live in the caves, but DNA is shedding light on their lives.

The flight tested the vehicle's landing gear and roll damper for improved handling.

Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.'

NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother’.

Heat triggers a series of complex chemical reactions that change the color, flavor and texture of meat.

The secrets of black holes and dark matter could lie before the Big Bang, a new study of "bouncing" cosmology hints.

A mysterious ring invisible at all wavelengths except radio could be a trace of a dramatically unstable star shedding its skin.

HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew.

Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk.

From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that?

The photos will be displayed in October at London's Natural History Museum.

When two top predatory animals come into contact, anything can happen. One eating the other whole, though, is certainly unexpected.

The trigger behind summertime headaches may not be heat itself, but all of the things that come along with it, an expert said.

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back.

Recent cases of a viral illness nicknamed "triple E" have occurred in New England. Here's what you should know about the disease.

After analyzing a submerged bridge found in a Spanish cave, researchers have determined that humans inhabited the area earlier than previously thought.

A study has tied a substance in the blood to colorectal cancer in people under age 50. It may act as an early signal of the disease, scientists say, but that needs to be confirmed.

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.