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A study of more than 460,000 older Americans found no overall link between total ultra-processed food intake and bowel cancer ...

A robot that can imagine what a room will look like after it moves an object may be better at following everyday instructions ...

Birds do far more than pollinate flowers, scatter seeds and eat insects. A major scientific review shows that they also move ...

Turning Mars into a world more like Earth might sound like a bold step for human exploration. But scientists warn that ...

Scientists have found two experimental metals that stay surprisingly tough at temperatures cold enough to freeze almost ...

A lightweight wearable device designed to gently disturb a person’s balance helped healthy volunteers improve their reactions ...

A form of vitamin B3 was linked to fewer new glaucoma diagnoses among people with high eye pressure, a medical-record study ...

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Scientists have identified a problem in the way brain cells remove damaged parts, offering another possible explanation for ...

When a care home suffers a cyberattack, the problem is not limited to computers. Staff may lose access to important records ...