Penn State researchers say the stuff we throw away after making beer, wine, and even some medicines could help feed people ...

After disappearing for a century, scallops are making a comeback in some areas of the United States. A study has shown how they are multiplying, especially in the coastal bays of V ...

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European cuckoos lay very different eggs depending on the host species. Genetic analyses have revealed how this adaptation is inherited without leading to speciation.

In the 1930s a little-known Danish seismologist calculated that the Earth has a solid inner core, within the liquid outer ...

The Universe may not have begun with a Big Bang, but instead with a Big Bounce, according to a new theory about how the Universe expands ...

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will ...

Do you ever feel not good enough? Are you worried about your conscience and whether God, if there is one, might have reason to punish you? You are not alone. We all at times feel inadequate. The ...

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A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same ...

While there are many paths to accomplish learning, higher education provides the resources to the individual, the ...