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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     

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...

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...

Thank to its sharp beak, a small red squid emerged victorious after an epic hour-long battle with a much bigger owlfish, all caught on video last November in Monterey Bay, Calif.

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...

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...

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.

-- Latest Fermilab experiment a step closer to launch -- Simulating the Behavior of Elusive Cosmic Particles -- The neutrino hunter -- BOSS measures the universe to one-percent accuracy -- New Initiative Seeks to Make Al...

Baby wipes, those convenient, premoistened towelettes that are a staple of any home nursery, might cause red, scaly rashes in some children. According to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, some infan...

Cancer Alley, a stretch of about 100 miles between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is home to some 150 petrochemical plants, making these swamplands perhaps the most industrialized (and polluted) region in the United States...

A war on sugar has begun in the UK that echoes the nation's successful crusade against salt – but cutting sugar out of people's diets poses new challenges     

Though it may never achieve mainstream appeal, a Hindu group in India is promoting the use of urine as a treatment for numerous diseases, including cancer, diabetes and tuberculosis.

Cash sweeteners inviting a "dash for shale gas" could see the UK overshoot on planned carbon dioxide reductions     

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs To Know by P. W. Singer and Allan Friedman. Buy it here. Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman's brand new book is an impressively comprehensive guide to one of the least unde...

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New photos from the Hubble Space Telescope show the spooky looking Tarantula Nebula shining in never-before-seen detail. See how Hubble captured the amazing views of the creepy, crawly Tarantula nebula.

This 375-million-year-old fish, the closest known relative of the ancestors of limbed animals such as humans, likely evolved the foundation for rear legs even before the move to land, researchers say.

The fact that the current weather influences Americans' belief about climate change has long frustrated scientists. Now, researchers discover that the reason for this shift is that people use the most accessible informat...