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In January, the comic delivered an instantly iconic podcast interview that threw pop culture into crisis—and seemed to predict all manner of messy celebrity gossip to come. At home on his farm, Williams explains why he said what he said—and why he’d do it

BRCA mutations are inextricably linked with breasts, but they can also lead to cancer in the pancreas, prostate, and maybe more parts of the body.

We need a “theory that explains the evolution of evolution,” argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.

The first signs of an eruption were recorded just 45 minutes before a massive ground fissure was opened by magma forcing its way through the earth’s crust.

The icon opens up about her tumultuous and often dark relationship with her first husband.

Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit – even for non-believers.

Inflation is easing, but many people are still struggling to afford the basics.

The first step is easy: eat an avocado and save the pit.

The revamped version that was signed Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin spells out the circumstances that allow him to use Moscow’s atomic arsenal, the world’s largest.

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as melting permafrost ice leaves little behind.