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Like wine and cheese, chocolate has terroir, a sense of the place it was grown. Each bonbon or bar may…

As cats age, they may yowl more than usual at night, have trouble sleeping or sleep too much, and act…

Many useful metals unearthed from U.S. mines are discarded. When mining operations dig for valuable metals, they often exhume ore…

A strange and mysterious extinct dog breed from far southern South America might not have been a dog at all. …

Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive…

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US…

At the end of its life, the phoenix goes out in style. With a loud cry, the crimson bird bursts…

AI has long been guilty of systematic errors that discriminate against certain demographic groups. Facial recognition was once one of…

Fall is approaching and respiratory virus season is on its way. While many people in the United States would normally…

Light pollution makes birds work overtime.A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development…