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Sonic booms can protect Earth from dangerous space junk

By Lee Billings edited by Clara…

The first known outbreak of syphilis in Europe began at the turn of the 16th century, but on the distant continent of South America, the pathogen’s history goes much deeper than that.

A 5,500-year-old skeleton discovered at an archaeological…

The world’s oldest evidence of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis and several chronic skin infections, has been found in a 5,500-year-old skeleton buried in a rock shelter in Colombia. But the genetic evidence suggests that…

The bacterium behind syphilis has a far more ancient history than we thought

Parents might age faster or slower based on how many kids they have

A pill version of the popular weight-management drug Wegovy has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is now available through various pharmacies and telehealth services in the U.S.

The drug has been available by…

On September 30, 2024, the Sun unleashed a powerful explosion, causing magnetic field lines to break and reconnect in a criss-cross pattern. A Sun-observing probe was there to watch it unfold, gathering unprecedented data…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon State University researchers from the Institute for Natural Resources led a three-month project in 2022 to collect information about the coastal marten. Researchers gathered population and habitat data in a 150…