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French Western Pyrenees Photo by Nicolas Guionnet, CC BY-SA 3.0 Spanish scientists are checking in on a batch of cells, frozen in liquid nitrogen 14 years ago. The cells belonged to the last bucardo, a Pyrenean sub-speci...

Ringworm is a fungal infection of the skin; it causes a scaly rash that can turn red and itchy. The name "ringworm" comes from the appearance of the rash, which can grow into a circle with wavy edges and a clear center.

Ununoctium -- Element 118: Properties, sources and uses.

Ununseptium -- Element 117: Properties, sources and uses.

Livermorium -- Element 116: Properties, sources and uses.

A new microscope invented at Michigan State University allows scientists to zoom in on the movements of atoms and molecules.

Researchers at CSIRO, the Australian science agency, have created hot-pink horseshoes that are custom made for each of a horse's four hooves using lightweight titanium and 3D printing technology.

About 2 million more children were diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 2011 than had the diagnosis in 2003. More children were also taking medication for the disorder in 2011.

This beautiful wallpaper shows Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Alpine tundra, forests, massive dunes, grasslands, and wetlands are all protected as elements of the Great Sand Dunes natural system...

Study uses reflected light to compare chemical makeup of moon and other asteroids. Phobos, with Mars in the background. jihemD via wikimedia commons, rights New research suggests that Mars' larger moon, Phobos, is likely...

In 1950, an American Marine serving during the Korean War picked up nine seals in a ditch near Seoul's ransacked Deoksugung Palace. The lieutenant brought those artifacts home with him. More than 60 years later, the obje...

From semen-based treats to belly-button cheese, here are seven gross foods that have been made from the human body.

People choose to experience more pain if it means spending less time waiting for it, which suggests that anticipating pain is worse than experiencing it     

A unique inside look at the electronic structure of a highly touted metal-organic framework (MOF) as it is adsorbing carbon dioxide gas should help in the design of new and improved MOFs for carbon capture and storage. R...

Copper adorns the Statue of Liberty, makes sturdy, affordable wiring, and helps our bodies absorb iron. Now, researchers at Duke University would like to use copper to transform sunlight and water into a chemical fuel.

Three women have been rescued after being held captive for 30 years. We ask psychologist Jennifer Wild how they might cope with their new freedom     

This beautiful blue and golden swarm is one of the oldest globular star clusters known in the Milky Way     

Nov. 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination, which may have been prevented had morning rain continued.

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia is holding a fundraiser to support the conservation of a collection of 139 19th-century skulls used to disprove the pseudoscience of phrenology. For $200, one of these skulls can bear yo...

Sugar drinks are linked with women's risk of developing endometrial cancer, which is cancer of the lining of the uterus, according to a new study.

It may not look like much, but the Alpine newt is one of the most formidable hunters on Earth, equally at home on land and in the water     

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