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Alzheimer’s blood tests predict the average age at which the disease may strike, study finds

Tests that could reveal when Alzheimer's disease will emerge, while promising, are not ready for use in otherwise healthy people, scientists say

Are you constipated? It could be because of these two bacteria

A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation

China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine

This gravity-defying machine appears to work much like a ground-based wind turbine—but in the air

The Kuiper Belt is packed with weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why

A study published today helps explain how "planetesimals"—the building blocks of planets—came to be

Baby chicks pass the ‘bouba-kiki’ test, challenging a theory of language evolution

Newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the "bouba-kiki" effect

Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell

Spinosaurus mirabilis was a force to be reckoned with

Cats’ cancer genes show striking similarity to humans’

Researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats and found remarkable parallels with human and dog cancers

NASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut stranding

NASA leadership on Thursday outlined how 2024's glitch-plagued Boeing Starliner mission jeopardized astronaut welfare and the space agency's culture of safety and accountability

Microsoft scientists invent tiny glass ‘books’ that could store data for millennia

A Microsoft Research study suggests glass blocks etched with lasers could provide enduring data archives

What makes ice slippery? Scientists may have finally figured it out

The reason we slip and slide on ice—a phenomenon central to figure skating, curling and other Winter Olympic events—is a centuries-old physics mystery that may have finally been cracked

Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a humpback whale

Could aliens in another galaxy see dinosaurs on Earth?

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth's dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think bigger