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Some harlequin frogs have lost their poison—and their ability to defend themselves. Scientists are on the case.

A 2011 episode of the celebrity chef's TV program "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" sparked a public debate over a product ...

From mosquitoes to bed bugs, parasites have always stuck close to humanity, and they continue to shape our lives to this day, ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

The $1.7 million “ozone nanobubbler” being used in an effort to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water crystal clear ...

In labs around the world, the ocean is being kept in jars. Some of it is alive, bubbling in flasks, while some lies frozen in ...

The Justice Department has closed its criminal investigation into Abbott Laboratories, opting for civil penalties over ...