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Radar data from satellites, converted into images, shows Indonesia's Anak Krakatau island volcano is dramatically smaller following a weekend eruption that triggered a deadly tsunami

Reid Hoffman has a lot to apologize for, but today he's specifically saying that he's sorry for funding a political experiment gone horribly awry.

A team of doctors has performed a clinical trial involving multiple hospitals that tested the effectiveness of applying a topical antibiotic known as mupirocin for prevention of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) infection in ba...

YouTube appears to have found itself in hot water after it lifted an uncredited video from one of its creators and used part of the video for its own Christmas content on Twitter.

Astronomers use faint starlight to map the distribution of the cosmos' most elusive material.

Japan announced this week it will be splitting from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in order to renew its commercial whaling practices. The announcement comes after years of Japan exploiting a loophole in IWC'...

Headsets maker Plantronics Inc said on Wednesday it has entered an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle an investigation into Polycom Inc, which it acquired in July.

The Roomba's most sinister-sounding feature--recording maps of your home that iRobot CEO Colin Angle swears he will totally never sell to advertisers--can now be used for more overtly hellish purposes thanks to Doomba, a...

News A team of researchers from Russia and China in collaboration with an industrial partner managed to increase the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries by 15 percent. The efficiency was increased by adding a solid ...

New research has found that heavy drinkers who are trying to stop smoking may find that reducing their alcohol use can also help them quit their daily smoking habit. Heavy drinkers' nicotine metabolite ratio -- a biomark...

For years, the diagnosis of scabies has relied on time-consuming and intrusive full-body examinations. Now, researchers have found that an exam of just a patient's hands, feet and lower legs may have the potential to cat...

Animal diseases that infect humans are a major threat to human health, and diseases often spillover to humans from nonhuman primates. Now, researchers have carried out an extensive social sciences evaluation of how popul...

Parasitic protozoa called trypanosomes synthesize sugars using an unexpected metabolic pathway called gluconeogenesis, according to a new study. The authors note that this metabolic flexibility may be essential for adapt...

Article Not Impossible Labs' early prototypes of a full-body wearable to help the deaf experience music received rave reviews from deaf audiences and musicians alike, and even television news hosts. While they knew they ...

Researchers analyzing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which is effective against four of the top six superbugs that are...

We know a good meal can stimulate the release of the feel-good hormone dopamine, and now a study in humans suggests that dopamine release in the brain occurs at two different times: at the time the food is first ingested...

Some of you may have made a New Year's resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6...

Incorporating genetic diversity into a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease resulted in greater overlap with the genetic, molecular and clinical features of this pervasive human disease, according to a new study.

Product Announcement Intel announced today the Intel® Connected Logistics Platform (Intel® CLP), a cost-effective internet of things (IoT) solution enabling users to monitor the condition and location of assets in any ...

Continuous indoor exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart's electrical activity, known as cardiac alternans, that can predict cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death, a new study shows. The...

An autonomous paraglider inspired by nature could be help military supplies, such as food or trucks, and airlift people to safety

As hard as Marvel and Disney might try to prevent Avengers: Endgame spoilers from leaking, it's impossible to prevent at least some details from escaping. And some of these spoilers come from the most unexpected places, ...