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"Drunk hiccups" seem to be a real phenomenon, rather than just a gag in classic cartoons, but we know surprisingly little about what actually causes them.

There are lots of ways to measure predatory prowess, and the animal kingdom is full of worthy contenders.

Animals' strange behaviors frequently made headlines this year, from orcas sinking boats to dogs drowning kangaroos.

From a surprisingly active solar cycle to finding evidence of ancient superflares and solar auroras, here are the most exciting discoveries about the sun made this year.

Dec. 24, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

After the supercontinent Panagea broke up around 200 million years ago, how long did it take for Australia to emerge as its own continent?

Scientists have been vollying the question back and forth for more than a century.

The ancient Scythians, a nomadic people known for their gold and warrior ways, used human skin for leather, a new study finds.

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary, a new finding by the James Webb Space Telescope has only entrenched the mystery.

AI systems have the potential to help improve doctors' diagnoses, a new study suggests. But if bias is baked into the system, their diagnostic accuracy falls.

Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time.