The waste left over from spent fossil fuel may contain a treasure trove of rare-earth elements worth billions of dollars.

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A single, half-hour session of moderate exercise is enough to confer an immediate mood-boosting effect, and now scientists ...

"How often do you poop?" might sound like a very personal question, but your answer could reveal quite a lot about your overall health.

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As we get older, our brains start to change in ways that make them increasingly vulnerable to disease – and a detailed new ...

Hydralazine has been used to treat high blood pressure for many decades, even though it's never been exactly clear how it ...

A fifteen-year-old dubbed "Belgium's little Einstein" has completed his PhD in quantum physics in what could be record time.

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"Meteorites provide the cheapest form of space exploration. They transport us back in time, providing clues to the age, ...

Two large gold deposits discovered in China may hold a collective mass of over 2,000 metric tons (2,200 US tons) of the ...