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Paracetamol, a pain medication also known as acetaminophen, is traditionally made from dwindling supplies of fossil fuels including crude oil. Thousands...

Discovery of human footprints at White Sands, New Mexico, dated to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, was a notable step in understanding the initial...

Honey from Australian stingless bees, commonly referred to as sugarbag bees, has historically served as a food source. It is also a traditional remedy...

The famous ‘Harbin cranium’ dates back to at least 146,000 years ago and was previously assigned to a new species, Homo longi. A reconstruction of...

Silicon has enabled advancements in semiconductor technology through miniaturization, but scaling challenges necessitate the exploration of new materials....

In a new study led by University of Chicago Medicine and Columbia University researchers, a 5-cup increase (from no intake) in fruits and vegetables, meeting...

Genetic and archaeological evidence imply a second major movement of Neanderthals from Western to Central and Eastern Eurasia sometime in the Late Pleistocene....

A team of physicists at the University of Oxford has achieved the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation — just 0.000015%, or one error...

According to a 12-week study of 72 adults with pre-diabetes, consumption of either chickpeas or black beans improves markers of inflammation in prediabetic...

Determining by means of paleography the chronology of ancient handwritten manuscripts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls is essential for reconstructing the...

The use of fire marks a critical milestone in human evolution, with its initial purposes debated among scholars. While cooking is often cited as the primary...

Paranthropus robustus is a well-documented hominin species with no genetic evidence reported so far. It lived between 2 million and 1.2 million years ago...

In a new study led by scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, caffeine and regular coffee intake in midlife were modestly and favorably...

Paleontologists have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur species, which they’ve called...

Daily biological functions such as sleep, heart rate and metabolism are timed by intracellular circadian clocks which exist within almost all cells throughout...

Locally known as Maka Lahi, meaning ‘Big Rock,’ this boulder was moved more than 200 m inland by a tsunami around 7,000 years ago. The limestone boulder...

Aging is the primary risk factor for developing non-communicable chronic diseases, necessitating interventions targeting the aging process. Outcome measures...

Large amber deposits discovered in northern Japan were likely swept out from a forest to the ocean by one or more tsunamis between 116 and 114 million...

Australopithecus sediba — a small hominin species that lived about 2 million years ago — had a mix of ape-like and human-like features, while...