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An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.1 struck just off the coast of Cuba today, causing shaking as far away as southern Florida, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Amazing images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Curiosity rover trudging across the Martian landscape. The photos date from early December 2013, as Curiosity made its way from the Glenelg area to its main...

The materials that make Harry Potter's invisibility cloak a real scientific possibility could also be used to perform advanced mathematical calculations usually done by computers, new research suggests.

Rare cells in the blood could identify patients at high risk of heart attacks.

The Consumer Electronics Show is a showcase for not only cutting-edge innovations and technologies that could make your everyday life easier, it's also a place to spot some of the most unexpected gadgets out there. Here'...

Some daring New Yorkers will be pantless in public this Sunday as part of the annual No Pants Subway Ride. Given the stereotype of public transportation as a conglomerate of germs, might going along with the stunt increa...

Cougar cubs recently born in the Santa Monica Mountains have been shown to be inbred through preliminary DNA tests.

A bird known for its gender-bending ways has yet again surprised researchers by breaking Europe's bird migration record.

Antarctica is a desolate place. It's cold, windy and lonely. Everything about it is the exact opposite of my normal summer destination. But scientists value the continent like an uncut gem.

Did China's recent ivory crush signal a shift in conservation policy?

The Black Knight Transformer Advanced Tactics It's a lot easier to "leave no man behind" when the rescue crew is robotic. Advanced Tactics, an El Segundo-based firm, plans to test a remotely operated, transforming, flyin...

German researchers have created a prototype for an artificial kind of bone marrow that can function as a stem-cell nursery. The material, described in the January issue of the journal Biomaterials, could eventually make ...

In Patagonia, scientists have discovered 52.2-million-year-old fossils of a giant evergreen tree that now is only found thousands of miles away in Australia and Asia.

When coral reefs call, the goby fish come to the rescue.

There are tantalizing hints that some earthquake faults issue warning signals in the days and months before a big quake. A new study of squeaky glass beads squeezed between powerful pistons offers one explanation for how...

Most dog owners can sense the difference between a yip of joy and howl of discontent. Now, a new study finds people use the same general rules to recognize emotion in dogs as they do in fellow humans.

Raven populations have shot up 300 percent in the last 40 years in the American West, and a new study suggests power poles and other human structures are to blame.

Cars that sync with your smartphone apps could make driving more fun – and potentially safer     

Stimpson's goby must inch its way up the slippery rocks of waterfalls using its mouth if it is to find a safe spot to breed     

Advocates of wearable sensor technology say the devices will give people a detailed, objective view of their own body's functioning. But the usefulness and validity of some of these devices remains questionable.

Researchers have demonstrated that a comprehensive, nonsurgical treatment significantly improves symptoms in women with pelvic floor dysfunction, a range of symptoms which include bladder and bowel problems as well as pe...

African American service members had higher incidence rates of hypertension compared to service members of other races and ethnicities despite equitable access to health care within the military health system, according ...