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Sarah Fortune, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, and her colleagues used drones and camera-equipped ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

The FDA has approved a device that aims to treat depression by sending electric current into a part of the brain known to ...

A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children ...

A new Pew Research Center survey of 1,458 teens between the ages of 13 and 17 found that 64 percent have used an AI chatbot, ...