Before Capone took up residence, the island was home to military installation that guarded San Francisco Bay
A new study looking at the genomics of brewer's yeast indicates it's a combination of European grape wine and Asian rice wine strains
Measurements from the Gaia satellite and Hubble Space Telescope show our galaxy tips the scales at about 1.5 trillion solar masses
A new study has found that chimps living in areas of high human impact are 88 percent less likely to engage in certain learned behaviors
Until now, the so-called Type D killer whale has been the stuff of legends, eluding scientists while sneaking snacks off of fishermen's lines
The underpainting closely mirrors an earlier self-portrait depicting the Baroque artist as Saint Catherine
This year's harvest is down 57 percent, and may force the nation to import its treasured olive oil from other parts of the Mediterranean
The statues will honor Billie Holiday, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, Helen Rodríguez Trías and Katherine Walker
Researchers found that on average, first-time male lead investigators were awarded $41,000 more than their female counterparts
The analysis judged texts’ complexity based on sentence length, average word length, vocabulary level, but did not look at reading comprehension
Previously attributed to his students, close examination of the charcoal drawing shows a left-handed artist created most of the artwork
Contrary to popular belief, the five women were not all prostitutes, but rather individuals down on their luck
A new study highlights the sheer scope of mass incarceration in the United States
Ice sheets that receded 10,000 years ago are responsible for the Windy City dropping at least four inches over the last century
A London man is in long-term remission following a successful bone marrow stem cell transplant
A new study has found that pageview trends for various plants and animal species correspond to real-world seasonal patterns
The intact offerings will allow researchers to understand changes over time at the site
Some have accused the pope of remaining silent in the face of Nazi persecution, while others say he quietly worked to rescue Jews
The new research looked at 657,461 children, including subgroups that are considered susceptible to autism spectrum disorder
Over the past three decades, Earth’s number of annual ocean heat wave days rose by more than 50 percent
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