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The US government argues its mass collection of phone call data is crucial to stopping terrorists, but a new report argues it has rarely made much difference     

For the first time, scientists and engineers have identified a critical cancer-causing component in the virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, the most common cancer among HIV-infected people. The discovery lays the foundat...

New research shows that humans and other primates burn 50 percent fewer calories each day than other mammals. The study suggests that these remarkably slow metabolisms explain why humans and other primates grow up so slo...

Most students attend schools where they are exposed to fast food and beverages through meals, advertising and promotions, according to researchers.

Giving an infant a probiotic during the first three months of life appears to reduce the onset of gastrointestinal disorders and result in lower associated costs, according to a study.

Providing probiotics, or "good bacteria," to healthy infants shortly after they're born may reduce the development of gastrointestinal disorders and prolonged crying episodes later in life, a new study from Italy suggest...

Raphael Pirker wears electronic goggles to see live footage coming from his drones. Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Raphael Pirker turned his hobby of flying first-person-view (FPV) aircraft into a career. We aske...

Pine Island Glacier's slow death is old news to most, but a new analysis of Antarctica's massive ice sheet suggests the ice is melting much faster now and that the damage is "irreversible." Research shows the massive 68,...

An example of how good intentions can go awry: Researchers saved the black robin from extinction after the bird was reduced to a single breeding pair. The effort to save it, however, introduced a maladaptive egg-laying t...

A new blood test being developed can rapidly and accurately diagnose celiac disease without the need for prolonged gluten exposure.

The diabetes drug metformin is being tested in numerous clinical trials for treating different cancers, and several studies point to its apparent activation of a molecular regulator of cell metabolism called AMPK to supp...

A study reveals immune cells that are critical to combating the parasite in early stages of infection.

Originally published: Jan 13 2014 - 2:45pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Charles Q. Choi, ISNS Contributor(ISNS) -- Time travel is often a way to change history in science fiction such as "Back to the Future" and "Loop...

Scientists say a previously known but little studied chemical compound targets and shuts down a common cancer process. In studies of laboratory-grown human tumor cell lines, the drug disrupted tumor cell division and pre...

Anger can help or harm depending on the situation, but people seem to take advantage of other people's emotions to win competitions.

Teenagers often do things if the payoff is great, and the reason may come down to how their brains respond to rewards, a new study suggests.

Swedish surgeons have announced the successful transplant of nine donated wombs in women. The program began in September 2012 and the women have suffered no serious setback and will try to get pregnant in the coming mont...

Whether or not couples have children doesn't seem to make a dent in whether they are satisfied with their lives, new research suggests.

Primates like humans and monkeys grow slowly, bear few young, and live a long time. Now we know why – primates simply use less energy     

Researchers have confirmed an observation made by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago: That animals living on islands are tamer and less skittish than related animals living on the mainland.

Researchers have found that six proteins - five more than previously thought - are responsible for cell-to-cell communication that regulates the heart and plays a role in limiting the size of heart attacks and strokes. T...

A team of researchers has discovered that a specific gene may play a major role in the development of a life-threatening birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or CDH, which affects approximately one out of...