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Technological innovation and the ubiquity of smartphones continue to combine to enable diagnostics outside of the traditional healthcare setting. AliveCor is an electrocardiogram monitor that attaches to your iPhone and ...

After a promising growth spurt, a Kenyan population of elephants is now in decline – illegal poaching is to blame

Like spider silk, threads in the mucus produced by the hagfish might become a natural alternative to petroleum-derived textiles

The new oil-and-gas boom that’s sweeping the country may be coming to California. With it comes the controversy over the drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing – or fracking.

The benefits of living with an engineer This African gray parrot named Pepper can not fly, since his wings are clipped. But he can drive a little buggy designed by his owner, Andrew Gray, an electrical and computer engin...

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