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Bariatric surgery resulting in dramatic weight loss in formerly severely obese women reduces the risk of endometrial (uterine) cancer by 71 percent and as much as 81 percent if normal weight is maintained after surgery, ...

The X Prize Foundation challenges AI researchers to create robots capable of spontaneous high-level presentations, but the prize has drawn swift criticism     

The DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2014 has announced Google's SCHAFT robot will compete in the self-funded track. This move frees up funding for two more teams to the DRC Finals 2014, while a third team will compete as...

The FDA recently approved an external device that uses nerve stimulation to decrease the frequency of debilitating migraine headaches. The Cefaly headband, which connects to a stick-on electrode to stimulate the endings ...

A Chinese satellite orbiting Earth has captured a new photo of possible debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines jet that disappeared with 239 people on March 8.

A few of our favorite images this week are chickens from hell, a space monkey star factory and baby crocs. Check out the rest.

2014 is the year of Year of the Horse in China. But pandas, it turns out, aren't celebrating.

Recycling is more than an environmental boost -- it's a major source of jobs.

Ever since King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered, stories circulated that those who dared violate his final resting place faced a terrible curse. It was a useful ruse to scare off grave robbers.

Visual illusions, such as the rabbit-duck (shown above) and café wall (shown below) are fascinating because they remind us of the discrepancy between perception and reality. But our knowledge of such illusions has been ...

Queensland's fruit and vegetable farmers are under pressure, having lost their main weapon against their main enemy - fruit flies.

Sure, your clock is keeping time -- but to what?

SIMMESPORT, La. -- Inside a nondescript building in a remote lowland bordering the Mississippi River, biologist Paul Hartfield points to a map on an overhead screen as he explains to a group of fellow biologists how he t...