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Observing a record Atlantic storm season, smoke from western fires seen moving east, and the start of a new solar cycle ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA....

"I think the most consistently interesting thing about this project to me is the tension between the individual and the 'uniform,'" explains photographer Evan Baines to us. Evan has been shooting military portraits for a...

Along with the launch of the Apple Watch Series 6, Apple debuted the Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop bands. We've been wearing them and here are our impressions, as well as a look at each of the colors. Apple's Braided S...

(Duke University) Many humans live to see their 80s, some even reach 100. But chimpanzees rarely make it past 50, despite sharing 99% of our genetic code. While modern medicine has added years to human lifespans, a study...

A US judge on Sunday blocked the government's ban on WeChat downloads, hours before it was due to take effect in an ongoing technology and espionage battle between Washington and Beijing.

"I think I have to go with a conductor of a small orchestra," explains photographer Kat Grudko when describing her boudoir photography. "I feel like it is this big thing (in terms of how vulnerable the subject needs to b...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) For patients with advanced solid cancers and KRAS G12C mutations, the targeted therapy sotorasib, a KRAS G12C inhibitor, resulted in manageable toxicities and durable cl...

(European Society for Medical Oncology) Lugano, Switzerland, 20 September 2020 - Adding abemaciclib to hormonal therapy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence by 25% in patients with high-risk early hormone receptor posit...

Sound designers brought space to life in 'Away.'

(Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology) Results from the PROfound phase III study open up a new treatment avenue for the more precise and effective treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer...

(University of Queensland) Molecules from the venom of one of the world's largest spiders could help University of Queensland-led researchers tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

A new, international study shows the significant impact that melting ice sheets will have on global sea levels.

(Diabetologia) A study of approximately 200,000 blood samples from the UK Biobank has identified more than 2,000 undiagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes. The study is presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European ...

Halloween is one of the most popular holidays in the United States, and this year Halloween will be particularly special. Halloween 2020 will be the first since 1944 were nearly all the time zones in the world will exper...

Google needs to set a proper example for widgets or it needs to hire someone who can. I've been theming my Android phones since before I knew what widgets even were. While Android home screens have continually evolved --...

MIT astronomer Sara Seager has a quest: to find a second Earth. That scientific quest has developed and persisted against the backdrop of a personal life full of adventure, love and heartbreak.

Peter Slevin writes about Oscar DePriest Elementary, on Chicago's West Side, which is adapting to virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

(Diabetologia) New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held online this year (21-25 September), shows that having type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associ...

Watch the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE strut its stuff in this leaked six-minute hands-on video.

It sounds like something out of a tragic Black Mirror episode: A woman seeking urgent care died this week after an apparently bungled ransomware attack took down a major hospital in Germany, thus forcing paramedics to ru...

Archaeologists have identified the wreck of a 19th-century slave ship off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

Several companies in the electric vehicle charging infrastructure business are working hard to roll charging networks out around the country. In many areas, the lack of a charging infrastructure is cited as one of the ma...