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Even before birth, concerned parents often fret over the possibility that their children may have underlying medical issues. Chief among these worries are rare genetic conditions that can drastically shape the course and...

While we're between seasons of Game of Thrones a VFX studio that works on the show has kindly released a video showing its efforts, to keep us entertained. The VFX showreel, from Macklevision VFX, shows what the world lo...

There are three distinct types of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that match up with children's personalities, some researchers suggest.

Buzz Aldrin was the second man to ever set foot on the moon, and he has some opinions about how things should go down when humans first set foot on Mars. Namely that they shouldn't come home. Ever.

In six months, Verizon had 150,000 requests from various law enforcement agencies. The agencies ranged from local to federal.

A staple food for millennia, wheat is now accused of causing everything from gut ailments to mental disorders. Linda Geddes separates the facts from the chaff (full text available to subscribers)

Rash distribution: early rash smallpox versus chickenpox [PD-USGov], via Wikimedia Commons

Nurse Katie Duke, a popular figure on the medical reality show 'NY Med,' was fired by New York Presbyterian Hospital for re-posting on Instagram a graphic photo of a trauma room in the hospital. She has since found other...

The VR market has been heating up recently as Sony’s Project Morpheus and the Oculus Rift, now owned by Facebook, duke it out for the high-end market, but Samsung’s unannounced headset might be taking a different app...

They promise to keep your food and drinks cold while you're away from a fridge, but sometimes carrying a giant cooler is just overkill. For those times when you're only gone for a day, or just need to feed yourself, YETI...

Tim Cook swears Apple TV isn’t just a hobby for the mothership anymore, but according to the latest estimates, it might be time for Apple unleashed some new non-hobby Apple TV features if it wants to catch up to Roku a...

The U.S. military has chosen two universities to lead a program to develop brain implants to restore memory to veterans who have suffered brain injuries, officials said at a news conference yesterday (July 8).

Okay, so we were wrong about this one. When Biz Stone debuted Jelly to the world, much of the tech press piled on the hate. After all, here was a super successful dude with the audacity to try something again. Bloggers h...

According to a new study, serious lung disease can be linked with obesity and excessive fat on the waist. However, underweight people also suffer from heightened risks of COPD.

Sony's Xperia Z1 Compact has finally arrived in the United States, bringing with it a $549.99 USD price tag and a trio of color options. In addition to our hands-on from earlier this year, we've got all the details after...

Astronomers have studied the carbon monoxide in a galaxy over 12 billion light years from Earth and discovered that it's running out of gas, quite literally, and headed for a 'red and dead' future.

In the middle of the 19th century, the massive binary system Eta Carinae underwent an eruption that ejected at least 10 times the sun's mass and made it the second-brightest star in the sky. Now, a team of astronomers ha...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that outperforms the current industry standard by three times. The key material: sand. Yes, sand.

Understanding the sun from afar isn't easy. How do you figure out what powers solar flares - the intense bursts of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots - when you must rely on obs...

Satellites could be a promising tool for tracking Arctic wildlife on the ground, a new study suggests.

Among the secondary payloads was the SkySat-2 satellite and the TechDemoSat-1 craft built by Britain's Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

As a storm in the Pacific Ocean grew to a super typhoon and was downgraded again to a typhoon, watchful astronauts on the International Space Station kept people apprised of its progress through social media.