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Dr. Rubin, who was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1993, ushered in the cosmic realization that most of the universe is invisible.

Gene variants that might give Inuit in Greenland more heat-generating fat matches up with DNA found in Denisovans, an extinct group of ancient humans.

The brain reshapes itself for years after adolescence, scientists have found, raising questions about when an adult is mature in the legal sense.

Restorers painstakingly removed varnish and overpainting from a 15th-century work, after new scanning technology revealed that what lay below was stunning.

Governors and mayors say they are determined to continue with plans to address climate change, no matter what a Trump administration may do.

The technique, discovered by a team at the Salk Institute, cannot be applied directly to people, but it points toward better understanding of human aging.

Social scientists have come up with useful advice for gift-giving during the holiday season. Rule 1: Nobody really cares how much thought you put into it.

It would be the mother of all infrastructure projects, which might be attractive to the next president’s developer instincts.

Monkeys have the physical equipment to produce speech, a new study finds — but they lack the brain wiring for it.

Mount Paektu is sacred to the North Korean people. When a swarm of tiny earthquakes were recorded, the reclusive country decided it needed help.