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Sam Berns, the Massachusetts high school student who lived with a rare genetic disorder that caused him to age rapidly, died Friday from complications with the disease. He was 17.

The opportunity to hunt an endangered African black rhino in Namibia went to the highest bidder over the weekend. Wealthy U.S. and foreign hunters gathered at a Dallas convention center on Saturday, or joined by phone, t...

Noninvasive ultrasound can improve people's ability to tell sensory stimuli apart, a fact that could lead to better brain-mapping methods as well as potential treatments for neurological disorders.

The warping of the ground during a volcano eruption correlates to the height of ash plumes spewed from the volcano, a new study finds. And that might help scientists predict the explosion's impact.

The first study to disentangle caffeine's ability to boost memory in people from its effect on attention also suggests the optimum dose     

It might be possible to figure out what the weather is doing on distant planets, but only if they're covered in sand     

An ancient shark nursery, glue for mending broken hearts and waving prairie dogs are the beginning of our cool science stories for this week.

FacialNetwork recently launched a facial recognition app for Glass, called NameTag, in the hopes of pushing Google to change its ban on facial recognition apps. Using a photo taken Glass or smartphone camera, NameTag com...

After two delays due to cold weather and conditions in space, Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial resupply craft reached the International Space Station on Jan. 12. The docking mission was led by NASA astronaut Mike Hopk...

In the summer of 2013 archaeologists found two strange deposits buried under the floor of a room in ancient Sardis. The vessels each contained an eggshell, bronze tools and a coin. They may have been offerings to ward of...

Hiring trendspotters are calling social media profiles the "new resume," but many Americans aren't taking advantage of it. Here's why you should make sure your profiles are up to date, whether you're job hunting or not.

Not surprisingly, technology skills take up many spots on the list.

(University of North Carolina Health Care) Solving a 40-year-old mystery, scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and The Scripps Research Institute have discovered how salt acts as a key regulator for drugs used to tre...

Fresh analysis of an extinct relative of humans suggests our ancient ancestors dined primarily on tiger nuts, which are edible grass bulbs, settling a discrepancy over what made up prehistoric diets. According to a new s...

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, LADEE, was launched on Sept. 7, 2013 and could soon be immortalized as a LEGO set. Following in the footsteps of the popular Curiosity rover, a new LEGO CUUSOO campa...