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The “gut microbiome” has become a popular health term in recent years. It’s easy to see why, with an abundance of research showing how important the trillions of microbes living in our gut are for health.

But what many people might not realize…

A 2,700-year-old pottery sherd discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the first known correspondence between the Assyrian Kingdom to the Kingdom of Judah ever found in the city.

The 1-inch-long (2.5 centimeters) sherd (the term…

The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal…

Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It’s a new way to lower temperatures with the potential to replace existing methods of chilling things with a process that is safer and better for the planet.

Typical refrigeration systems transport heat away…

This week in science: The eerie origin of why people with schizophrenia hear ‘voices in their head’; the chemistry that makes ‘poop coffee’ such a delicacy; how humans could learn to breathe through our butts; and much more!

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This week’s science news has been comet-ing thick and fast, with a flurry of reports on three dusty space snowballs that are hurtling through our cosmic backyard.

First are the comets Lemmon and SWAN, which reached their peaks in brightness in…

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for up to 2 million years, researchers have discovered — overturning the belief that lead poisoning is a relatively modern phenomenon.

What’s more, widespread exposure to the toxic metal may…

The meat consumed in U.S. cities creates the equivalent of 363 million tons (329 million metric tons) of carbon emissions per year, a new study finds.

That’s more than the entire annual carbon emissions from the U.K. of 336 million tons (305…

You’ve downed a cup of strong coffee, and soon you have an urge to poop. After you’ve done your business, you feel a sense of relief. So why does that bowel movement feel so satisfying?

“For something that is one of the most common things humans…