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A bedtime cuddle with your partner could make a real difference to your feelings of stress and security, according to a new study closely analyzing the relationship between physical touch and well-being in a relationship.

The main takeaway:…

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study suggested Wednesday.

The exact origin of teeth…

Floridians hoping to kick off summer with a relaxing beach day might want to check the shoreline first. A record-breaking bloom of seaweed is drifting toward the coast, and it could bring more than just a mess. The culprit is Sargassum,…

A human can’t shrink away from the threats of climate change. A clownfish, however, can. In a new paper published today in Science Advances, a team of researchers revealed that these tiny “Finding Nemo” fish can actually shrink to survive…

In May 2023, Chinese astronauts swabbed several surfaces of their space station Tiangong (Mandarin for “Heavenly Place”), then sent the samples back to Earth for analysis.

The results are now in: the sample contained one bacterium never before…

It’s no secret that microplastics have already infiltrated our lives, and nowhere is this more present than in our own homes. Microplastics — and even tinier nanoplastics — stem from daily tasks like cooking and cleaning. Now, research is…

In the first-ever-observed game of “cosmic joust,” one galaxy pierced another with a lance-like ray of radiation, astronomers reported in the journal Nature. The resulting puncture impaired the wounded galaxy’s subsequent star-making…

The next time you chomp on a popsicle, then flinch from a lightning bolt of pain, you can now have something legitimate to blame: a 465-million-year old fish.

Researchers have found that dentine — a substance in the inner layer of teeth that…

The Enhanced Games—a kind of Olympics for athletes who are doping—today announced the date and venue for its first competition: May 21-24, 2026, at Resorts World Las Vegas.

Athletes competing in the event will be allowed to take…

An ancient statue depicting the Roman goddess of victory has been unearthed at Hadrian’s…