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In September 1883, the University of Texas at Austin opened for classes. As UT celebrates its 142nd birthday, we're looking at some unusual facts from its history.

The result was like something out of Jules Verne - the brainchild of a mad-scientist inventor - and promised to transform the ...

ABSTRACT: Clostridium difficile colitis leads to bowel injury, increasing the risk for microscopic colitis, whereas people with any inflammatory disease are prone to infections. A complete evaluation, ...

Climate scientists have been attributing storms, droughts and heatwaves to global warming for two decades. Now, they are tracing the chain of responsibility all the way back to the producers of fossil ...

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) are ...

The spotted ratfish is a two-foot-long fish with a big head and a long, skinny tail that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It belongs to a group of fish called chimaeras that are closely ...

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About 150 million years ago powerful storm winds buffeted two young pterosaurs, snapping forelimb bones in their fragile wings and sending them hurtling to their deaths in the muddy depths of a lagoon ...

There is no shortage of programs or practices that promise to increase happiness. People may meditate for 30 minutes every morning, block off full evenings to deeply connect with close friends or ...