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A leading U.S. biologist has some choice words for science skeptics: You're ignorant. "Science ignorance is pervasive in our society," Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman of the University of California, Berkeley, whose co...

Our eyes detect light by converting it into electrochemical impulses. These are detected by brain and used to see but also to detect movement. How the brain processes visual information such as motion can lead to insight...

A cold spring in the Midwest and Southwest brought a quiet start to tornado season this year, with the fewest twisters since 1915.

Last month, scientists announced the first hard evidence for cosmic inflation, the process by which the infant universe swelled from microscopic to cosmic size in an instant. This almost unimaginably fast expansion was f...

Despite tales of overcrowding, fighting and tragedy, hundreds of people continue to try to summit Everest every year. What's the appeal?

The coldest place on Earth is also one of the rare spots where a roiling lava lake offers a window into the heart of a volcano.

The United States is not the only country that possesses the prime ingredients and topography to harness these often life-threatening storms.

Gone are the days when building a house required months of hammering wall studs, screwing floor joists and other backbreaking tasks. If a company in China has its way, a new house can be yours in a matter of hours with a...

Amazing photos of Erebus volcano's lava lake, which offers a view into the heart of a volcano.

Pain seems to discourage female mice from having sex, but it does nothing to stop males from copulating, according to a new study.

Robots that can be operated using magnetic fields could one day be injected into your body with the parts to make therapeutic devices

Thanks to a group of stubborn ospreys, a traffic cam watching over the flow of cars in Maryland has become an improvised wildlife cam.

The population of seabirds with characteristically colorful feet has been decreasing. And a lack of sardines in the region may be the culprit.

Using an ambulance that included a computed tomography scanner, point-of-care laboratory, telemedicine connection and a specialized prehospital stroke team resulted in decreased time to treatment for ischemic stroke, acc...

The majority of adults surveyed in new research indicated they would want administration of clot-dissolving medications if incapacitated by a stroke, a finding that supports clinicians' use of this treatment if patient s...

Patients with arteriovenous malformations (abnormal connection between arteries and veins) in the brain that have not ruptured had a lower risk of stroke or death for up to 12 years if they received conservative manageme...

In a study that included more than 71,000 stroke patients, implementation of a quality initiative was associated with improvement in the time to treatment and a lower risk of in-hospital death, intracranial hemorrhage (b...

A recently FDA-approved device has been shown to reduce seizures in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy by as much as 50 percent. When coupled with an innovative electrode placement planning system, the device fa...

A study demonstrated that hospitals participating in a national quality-improvement program have markedly increased the speed with which they treat stroke patients with the clot-busting drug. This speedier treatment was ...

Two new studies may offer hope for people with migraines. Both studies involve drugs that are aimed at preventing migraine attacks from occurring, rather than stopping the attacks once they have started. These studies ar...

An inexpensive glaucoma drug, when added to a weight loss plan, can improve vision for women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), according to a study. This disorder mostly affects young, overweight women. Vi...

Think back to those fundamental physics classes you took in college. For most, those memories involve a large lecture hall, a chalk board decorated with numbers and letters and a voice explaining how they all connected. ...