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A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine and an FDA committee hearing suggest that a stool test called Cologuard will likely be approved as a non-invasive screening for colorectal cancer.

Everyone knows that alcohol - ethanol to be precise - is a liquid at normal temperatures.So how can Palcohol be a solid?

Astronomers have used NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, and the Spitzer Space Telescope to discover a new star-like body that's "as frosty as Earth's North Pole," the space agency announced Friday. The...

Napoleon Dynamite might have popularized the liger, but Mexico has the "zonkey" just about covered. The rare animal - a hybrid cross between a zebra and a donkey - was recently born in a zoo in northern Mexico. It's an e...

The 1994 eclipse -- when a dragon ate the sun.

Upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider during its long shutdown will hopefully give it the power to discover new physics --

Beneath the surface of the icy waters of Antarctica, a symphony of sounds can be heard.

Enzymes are biological molecules (typically proteins) that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells.

A byproduct of the metabolic breakdown of purines, uric acid is a human waste product that most people never think about.

With college graduation ceremonies just around the corner, many students have begun the search for full-time employment. Here's how to put yourself on the road to career success as a new graduate.

Like it or not, death is a fact of life. And as such, it's also the inspiration for a lot of successful (albeit unusual) business ventures.

It was a busy week on the shameless self-promotion front. I chatted with Sonali Kolhatkar of Uprising Rradio (KPFK) about my book, Me, Myself and Why — there’s even video. --

Resilient coral, a baby gorilla and that huge iceberg -- just a few of this week's amazing photos.

The high seas cover about 50% of Earth's surface and host a major share of the world's biodiversity, but remain largely ungoverned. With increasing threats to open ocean ecosystems, now more than ever we need a high seas...

Pigeons have extraordinary navigational abilities. Take a pigeon from its loft and let it go somewhere it has never been before and it will, after circling in the sky for while, head home.

The discovery of exoplanets also slightly increases how much credence we give to the possibility of near-term human extinction. This because of a concept known as the Great Filter.

Naturally occurring viruses are slowly gaining popularity in eradicating foodborne bacteria.

This novel nanoarray may improve energy storage and electronics performance.

Play this interactive to learn how changing conditions in soil may affect the carbon cycle.