Due to deteriorating health, all Beethoven left behind for his final symphony were some musical sketches.

Smallpox, Ebola, HIV, influenza, the plague, malaria, and a whole host of terrible bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites were cooked up by Mother Nature, all on her own. Apparently, Mother Nature hasn't banned gain-of-function research.

An unexpected finding shows us how little we know about the early human story in our region.

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Fossilized footprints found at an excavation site in southwest New Mexico prove humans colonized the continent much earlier than previously thought.