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A new tool can reveal whether someone has a "healthy" gut microbiome with a simple score — but how does it work?

Wild gorillas eat the same tree bark used by traditional healers, which can inhibit the growth of E. coli in petri dishes, according to a new study.

Measuring the pace of evolution is tricky, but some species can evolve as quickly as a few generations.

A 12th-century stone carving discovered in northern Germany may depict Otto of Bamberg, a bishop and missionary.

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

The special chemistry of this shiny iron alloy creates a protective layer on its surface that prevents it from rusting.

The moon hasn't had a magnetic field for 4.36 billion years. That means it could hold fragments of the ancient Earth.

New James Webb Space Telescope results have revealed that there may not be a Hubble tension after all. But contradictions within the findings point to a deeper mystery.

A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However, subsequent observations of the spacecraft show it is "tumbling or wobbling" through space, which may have also impacted its trajectory around our planet.