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An illegal campfire sparked a blaze that has burned half of the unique Fraser Island off Australia’s East coast.

The third FDA approval of an RNAi-based therapeutic marks the growing success of a technique that took two decades to get off the ground.

The gastrointestinal tracts of people with major depressive disorder harbor a signature composition of viruses, bacteria, and their metabolic products, according to the most comprehensive genomic and metabolomic analysis in depression to date.

Health officials are searching for possible exposures to heavy metals, but no sources of contamination have been identified.

6PPD, a tire preservative, reacts with ozone to produce a compound that the researchers say may be responsible for large die-off events.

Some researchers have turned their focus to artificial intelligence to study an underused symptom common to most respiratory pathogens—cough.

Researchers repaired what is otherwise irreversible damage in the animals’ ocular neurons, by activating transcription factors ordinarily used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells.

The animals kill off around one-quarter of the neurons in their somatosensory cortex, perhaps to save energy, and the cells appear to return the following summer.

We all deserve something nice this year.

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detected in blood donor samples indicate infections could have occurred in the US more than a month before the first confirmed case, but some experts remain skeptical.

The technology solves proteins’ 3-D shapes in minutes, when traditional methods may take years.

A 900-ton equipment platform suspended hundreds of feet above the ground fell and punched a hole in the giant radio dish below, marking a catastrophic end for the iconic observatory.