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The Basis Carbon Steel Edition is the latest version of the Basis fitness tracker, with several design changes from the original. But is newer necessarily better? I tested the Carbon Steel to find out.

Retiring from your career doesn't mean you have to drop out of the workforce. Here are eight great part-time jobs for retired workers who want to stay busy and make a little extra money.

A review of the TomTom Multi-Sport GPS Watch, a sports watch billed as an easy way for active individuals to track their exercise goals, progress and training.

Urban adaptation strategies, such as green roofs or cool roofs, are being implemented as ways to counteract climate change, be it from greenhouse gas emissions or city expansion, but their effectiveness varies based on l...

Two new weight-loss drugs should be used cautiously because it's not clear whether they increase the risk for heart problems, some doctors argue.

Most middle-aged women do not give up sex as they age, especially if sex is important to them, according to a new study.

Researchers are experimenting with a mind-controlled device that enables users to fly a model helicopter with only their thoughts. The futuristic technology could one day help people with disabilities lead more independe...

A group of scientists says it can predict El Niño events a year in advance, six months longer than currently possible, though other scientists don't think the methods used are sound.

Trees in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, including giant sequoias, need sunlight, water and just the right kind of granite to grow, a new study finds.

It took only 60,000 years to kill more than 90 percent of all life on Earth, according to the most precise study yet of the Permian mass extinction, the greatest die-off in the past 500 million years.

A light-colored object on a dark background appears larger than a dark object on a light background, but until recently, no one knew why. Now, a study suggests that a difference in how the brain's cells respond to light ...

A new method for printing cells that is similar to the stamps little children use can precisely place any type of cell in any configuration, thus allowing scientists to study brain cells in petri dish better.

A new method for printing cells that is similar to the stamps little children use can precisely place any type of cell in any configuration, which would allow scientists to study brain cells in petri dish better.

Rare European eels are thought to cross the Atlantic Ocean to breed, but not all of them finish the ambitious voyage. Some meet their end in the belly of deep-diving whales, new research reveals.

An infection with the chikungunya virus - a mosquito-borne disease that was once confined to Africa and Asia - causes severe pain, fever, headache, vomiting and rash. Experts are concerned that it's now spread to the Car...

New images of galaxy Centaurus A, equivalent to a single Chandra X-Ray telescope exposure nearly 10 days long taken between 1999 and 2012, shows bright jets from a supermassive black hole. A dark dust lane is a fossil of...

The only way to reduce the risk of severe floods is to manage water across entire catchment areas – and possibly build artificial lagoons     

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Silicon Wafer, 1979 This image shows a silicon wafer as seen under a microscope. The wafer's textures have been enhanced using differential interference contrast microscopy. Richstraka on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

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Worlds with twin suns like Luke Skywalker's fictional home world Tatooine in "Star Wars" may be born far from the stellar heart of their alien solar systems, scientists say.

By 2040 or so, astronomers will have scanned enough star systems give themselves a great shot of discovering alien-produced electromagnetic signals, said Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute.