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"Undead" cells in the placenta that spew proteins may help explain cases of heart failure that happen in late pregnancy and the early postpartum period.

A new study of vertebrate evolution reveals that we have more in common with spooky-looking fish called lampreys than we thought.

Archaeologists have discovered lavish and grisly burials the world over.

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

Geneticists have critiqued a study suggesting extinct Javan tigers are still alive, but the search is just beginning.

There are many mysteries surrounding Europe's hunter-gatherers, but farming played a role in their demise.

Researchers say they've identified a kind of fat that plays a major role in aging and can be controlled with short-term exercise.

In a rare observation, scientists found a baby star "sneezing" gas, dust and magnetic energy out of its disk. This behavior could help solve a longstanding mystery about how stars form without tearing themselves apart.

A new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people from the last ice age.