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A never-before-seen virus that's a relative of the smallpox virus has been found lurking in rodents in Texas.

Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture. During Ramadan, Muslims fast, abstain from pleasures and pray to become closer to God.

The auditory version of the blue/gold dress is dividing Yanny and Laurel camps across the internet.

If bitcoin energy trends continue, mining bitcoin could soon stop being profitable, an economist found.

The fastest growing black hole in the known universe eats a mass the size of the sun every two days.

How will we know when we've found another Earth?

Trepanation is the ancient practice of drilling a hole in the skull. It is one of the oldest medical procedures known to the human race.

A 3,400-year-old piece of limestone may hold the earliest example of our alphabet sequence.

A 3,400-year-old piece of pottery may hold the earliest example of our alphabet sequence.

There's no debating it: Puppies are adorable. But is there an age when they reach "peak" cuteness?

There's no debating it: Puppies are adorable. But is there an age when they reach "peak" cuteness?

Many people may think it's amazing that a simple piece of produce can conduct electricity. As it turns out, that's not the whole story.

Romaine lettuce tied to a recent outbreak of E. coli is likely no longer on store shelves or in restaurants, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today (May 16).

Romaine lettuce tied to a recent outbreak of E. coli is likely no longer on store shelves or in restaurants, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today (May 16).

Here's the latest on a fiery, explosive eruption that surprised even Hawaii volcanologists.

A new evolutionary investigation finds that skinks likely evolved to have green blood a total of four different times throughout history.

Here’s a look at artifacts discovered on a merchant ship that wrecked in the Java Sea in the late 1100s.

A bureaucratic label alters the timeline for a sunken ship.