The virus that causes cold sores is very common, but scientists say recent research should not be a cause for panic.

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You may think you’re free of addictions, but there’s a better than 50/50 chance that when the alarm goes off your response is ...

W hile photographing the auroras during a geomagnetic storm, Mike Lewinski caught sight of something extraordinary: a ...

C hinese scientists report the discovery of a new strain of bacteria that exists only inside the Tiangong Space Station. The ...

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Western diamondback rattlesnakes are a large species of pit viper that can grow to 2.1 meters (about 7 feet) long, though ...

R esearchers have built the USA's most powerful laser yet, so powerful that the only way to describe its power is to compare it to the world's annual consumption of electricity. The instrument, called ...

T here’s a pretty big variety in the bird world. From tiny wrens and goldfinches to flightless species like ostriches and powerful swimmers like gannets, the birds of planet Earth have a lot of niches ...