NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

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Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.

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A variant of PCSK9, a gene involved in raising cholesterol, may spur metastasis. An approved antibody might stop it.

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Real-time data from Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast is providing researchers with a good eruption forecasting test.

Even just a few minutes of vigorous movement per day lowers the risk of serious cardiovascular problems, like heart attack and heart failure, in women.