As the authors highlight, the failure rates of these methods vary widely, from two to 23 in every 100 women in the first year ...

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At the center of almost every galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. Well, astronomers think it’s every galaxy, but it ...

N early 162 years ago, a visionary predicted the evolution of machines and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) with ...

A ustralia might be home to a large proportion of the world’s deadliest animals but it's about to have three more. The iconic Sydney funnel-web spider, with one of the world’s deadliest bites, has ...

A fter centuries of rumor and speculation, archaeologists have finally confirmed the existence of a colossal underground ...

Stephen has a science degree with a major in physics, an arts degree with majors in English Literature and History and ...

B. vaderi is part of the genus of giant isopods called Bathynomus, a group that can reach over 30 centimeters in length and ...

In 2008, a team of researchers studying deer and cattle found something a little unexpected. Both animals, when grazing or resting, appear to align their bodies in the north-south direction. "Farmers ...

There’s another form of fossil evidence that has taught us about dinosaur sex: soft tissue fossils of their genitalia. Or, to be specific, really just one so far: a remarkable fossil Psittacosaurus ...

D elicately detailed tattoos have been discovered etched onto the bodies of 1,200-year-old mummies uncovered in Peru.

T hawing ice has unveiled remains of a long-lost forest in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, indicating the profound changes ...