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Even with a healthy lifestyle, genes are the deciding factor in whether someone gets a chronic illness, such as heart disease. Right?

By Sid Perkins of Nature magazine An explanation presented this week for a famed and enigmatic jumble of marine reptile fossils has blurred the lines between science and science fiction. [More]

By Mark Schrope of Nature magazine The X Prize Foundation today announced the winners of its year-long, US$1.4-million challenge to spur development of improved oil-collection systems for use during spills.

Fingerprints are so familiar that they are mostly taken for granted. Except, however, for people who don't have any at all.

It sounds either really crazy, or kind of obvious. But according to new research, pick-up soccer could help homeless men avert the risk of an early death. Homeless people are known to have poor health and life expectancy.

By Eric Hand of Nature magazine Close and bright though it is, the Sun still defies a thorough understanding. [More]

By Kylie Stott PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina - The musty jaguar pelts on display at a government office in Buenos Aires are a grim reminder of the big cat's precarious existence in Argentina's northern forests. [More]

Credit: IStockphoto I knew I wasn’t like the other kids. Oh sure, I collected baseball cards and model airplanes, but not with the passion that I saved for my real obsession--collecting each and every element of the periodic table .

Parents never want their tots to learn to fumble over words, but they need not worry about their own “uhs” and “ums”--

In high school, my mother occasionally found babysitting jobs for me. Parents, desperate for a trustworthy kid to watch their own, would entrust their offspring to Katie the honors student while they went to a meeting, or to work, or perhaps on a date. If any of those parents are reading, I have a confession for you: I didn't like watching your kids

Friend of the blog Cackle of Rad was the first person to send me this paper, and when I first tried to read it, I got…pretty angry.

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - An ancient lake hidden deep beneath West Antarctica's Ice Sheet may reveal vital clues about climate change and future sea level rises, and uncover new forms of life, according to a group of UK engineers and scientist. [More]

A miniature airborne drone has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia, scientists say. Archaeological sites are often in remote and rugged areas . As such, it can be hard to reach and map them with the limited budgets archaeologists typically have.

Not long after Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846, scientists have managed to calculate the exact length of one day on the distant gas giant planet . Unlike their rocky counterparts, gas giants have long challenged astronomers when it comes to calculating their rotation .

Not long after Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846, scientists have managed to calculate the exact length of one day on the distant gas giant planet .