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One rare inherited mutation raised lung cancer risk more than smoking did, and the effect was strongest in people who never ...

A nine-year study of sticklebacks reveals how foreign DNA can rapidly disappear after hybridization, helping maintain ...

Classroom dust contains common bacteria linked to small differences in children's lung function, but researchers say cause ...

Ultraprocessed foods are tied to depression, dementia risk, and brain shrinkage, but a new review says the evidence can't ...

People coughed more at night on days when fine-particle pollution rose, even in cities whose air stayed under the WHO daily ...

Sand on Mars could be turned into a building material using gelatin and living yeast. It would be cured by the freezing cold ...

Olive ridley sea turtles nested in California for the first time, raising questions about warm waters, nesting range, and ...

Controlling invasive species in the Great Lakes, such as sea lamprey, demands constant funding to prevent permanent ...

Near-daily cannabis users with drug-resistant epilepsy had more convulsive seizures and reached specialist care 13 years sooner.

India’s economic growth expanded electricity and cleaner cooking, while coal-heavy power was linked to worsening urban air pollution.

Livestock farmers on Santa Cruz reported links between biodiversity decline, deforestation, and expanding livestock ...