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Africa's lion kings, clouds spawned by wildfires and cool high-speed photographs are just a few of the amazing images we found this week.

The final results of a stroke prevention study in patients with narrowed brain arteries confirm earlier findings: Medication plus lifestyle changes are safer and more effective at preventing stroke than a surgical techni...

In a recent "60 Minutes" interview, former Vice President Dick Cheney said his cardiologist turned off his defibrillator's wireless functionality to protect against a potential attempt on his life--by hacking his heart.

Despite a California bike helmet mandate, only 11 percent of Los Angeles County children treated for bike-related injuries were wearing a helmet, according to new research.

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Do you have a toxic co-worker or boss in your office? Here's how to set boundaries and keep them from limiting your potential.

Harvard MBA graduate Katrina Lake applied data analytics to fashion and created Stitch Fix, a mail subscription service that uses a combination of algorithms and personal stylists to send women clothes they'll love.

Some gut bacterial strains are specifically adapted to use sugars in our gut lining to aid colonisation, potentially giving them a major influence over our gut health.

Providing surgical robots with a new kind of machine intelligence that significantly extends their capabilities and makes them much easier and more intuitive for surgeons to operate is the goal of a major new grant.

Sex may, in some cases, provide a decent workout. New research finds that sex burns enough calories to count as moderate exercise, a fact which might motivate people to get a little busier.

Scientists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, and the European CERN laboratory, have received Spain's Prince of Asturias awards from Prince Felipe at a ceremony in northern Spain.