In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia ...

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A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is ...

The CDC's vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B ...

For decades, helium has been produced with natural gas, generating huge carbon emissions. Now, geologists are looking for new ...

Scientists invented a new experimental system to study how age-related changes in egg cells make them more prone to ...

Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly ...

The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour ...

A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in ...

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier ...

Researchers have counted 16,600 fossilized dinosaur footprints and 1,378 swim tracks at a site in Bolivia that showcase a ...

Temporarily shutting down a "lazy eye" triggers a burst of neuronal activity that reverses the condition in animal ...