Girls are at an even greater risk of early substance use than boys.

King cobras (Ophiophagus hannah) are endemic to the forests and swamps of Asia, with a range that spans from the Indian subcontinent throughout Southeast Asia to southern China. They are green, yellow, brown, or black with pale yellow bands or chevrons on their hoods. These snakes are widely regarded as the longest venomous snakes on

Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.

Dark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark.

Tanzania’s president has, for the first time since the disputed October election, commented on a six-day internet shutdown as the country went through its worst postelection violence. President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday expressed “sympathy” to diplomats and foreign nationals living in the country, saying the government would strive to ensure there is never a repeat of the same. Hassan won the October election with more than 97% of the vote after candidates from the two main opposition pa

The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported.

MADRID, Nov 29 () - About one third of Spanish pork export certificates have been blocked after the first outbreak ​of swine fever for three decades, Spain's agriculture minister said ‌on Saturday. "Of the 400 export certificates to 104 countries, a third are blocked.

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a mysterious human ancestor.