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Although menstrual blood is typically discarded, researchers are beginning to use it to reveal new clues about women’s health.

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In National Geographic's inaugural edition of the Stones & Bones newsletter, we travel to the far reaches of Argentina to ...

For more than a decade, a team of intrepid researchers have been exploring the river systems of southern Africa, one paddle ...

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A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe ...

Winegrowing has long shaped the Austrian capital, where an age-old tavern culture enables vintners to share their produce.

The whales join a small but growing group of animals, including great apes, magpies, and cleaner wrasse fish, who share "this ...

The continent has a growing movement to remove old and unnecessary dams to improve river health and save species. It comes as ...

As Ebola cases mount in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what causes the disease—and the risk this ...