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A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But caregivers still need support.

Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch of the gharial family tree.

Neuroscientist Susana Carmona’s book guides readers through a new mom’s changing brain.

Bigger bodies and wider beaks help birds like the bare-throated bellbird belt out calls louder than a jackhammer, but why such volume evolved remains unclear.

The human brain is built to hear voices. Speaking connects us to other people — and ourselves. What do our voices reveal about ourselves?

One theory points to a long-awaited supersymmetric particle called a ‘higgsino.’ But that idea has some issues.