Throughout history, women in literature have been killed off by vague ailments, usually as a result of their own sinful natures. Whether that means contracting “Roman fever” from spending an evening ...

Discover how Matched Sale-Purchase Agreements (MSPA) reduce banking reserves. Learn about their role in U.S. monetary policy and their impact on market liquidity.

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

House Republicans warn Chinese "paper mills" may be flooding U.S. science with fake research, potentially compromising ...

Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing ...

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

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Until now the behavior had been undocumented in the species, but recent research has also revealed that more birds of prey ...

Interpretation is the discipline through which molecular datasets reveal their significance. As the life sciences enter a new era defined by data richness and technological capacity, interpretive ...