In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia ...

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The CDC's vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B ...

For decades, helium has been produced with natural gas, generating huge carbon emissions. Now, geologists are looking for new ...

Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly ...

Scientists invented a new experimental system to study how age-related changes in egg cells make them more prone to ...

The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour ...

The Cold Moon, the 12th and final full moon of 2025, will rise on Dec. 4 and reach its highest point in the night sky.

A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in ...

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier ...

Temporarily shutting down a "lazy eye" triggers a burst of neuronal activity that reverses the condition in animal ...

A giant rotating filament of the cosmic web may be the largest spinning structure ever seen, and could help reveal how ...