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Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

A jumble of bones and teeth confirms two species of human ancestor lived side by side over 3.3 million years ago in ...

According to the MRI brain scans of 3,802 neurotypical people between infancy and 90 years old, the architecture of the human brain takes a distinct turn at four ages. These are around 9, 32, 66, and ...

A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret.

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Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the onset of Parkinson's ...