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An Israeli company is offering a flash drive-sized scanner that can tell users what exactly is in the food or medicine on the table using near-infrared spectroscopy.

A group of plastic and reconstructive surgeons says face transplants should be offered to more patients, as long as they are the right candidates, because the operation is relatively safe and increasingly feasible.

Streaming jets of high-speed matter produce some of the most stunning objects seen in space. Astronomers have seen them shooting out of young stars just being formed, X-ray binary stars and even the supermassive black ho...

On the outside, trees can look perfectly healthy, but on the inside they might be rotted to the core. One type of tree rot, called heart rot, is the result of a fungal infection that enters the tree through wounds in the...

Sneeze and cough particles form a cloud whose turbulence pulls in surrounding air, which allows the goop to maintain buoyancy and move farther than expected. Cynthia Graber reports. --

Criminals might not get away so easily, thanks to a new fingerprinting method that may be faster and more reliable than traditional methods, researchers say.

"Game of Thrones" Season 4 continues to surprise fans, be it with totally new scenes or shocking deaths, and "First of His Name" looks to continue the series' hot streak. In the "Game of Thrones" Season 4, episode 5 prev...

The Spanish flu pandemic, also called the 1918 flu pandemic, is one of history's greatest biomedical conundrums, primarily because of whom the virus targeted. But new research is helping lay some of the mystery surroundi...

Update 12:00 p.m. EDT: The European Space Agency's Proba-2 satellite observed the solar eclipse from orbit. The video of the solar eclipse from the satellite's perspective can be viewed below. The first solar eclipse of ...

Astronauts on a routine repair mission for the Hubble Space Telescope find themselves coping with more than they bargained for in the pulse-pounding opening sequence of Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-winning... --

Fiber helps cut your weight by making the body produce the same chemical found in vinegar, which changes the brain cells that regulate hunger.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University discovered that 'eating for two' during pregnancy could be harmful to women's health. Doctors recommend a modest staged approach of slight caloric intake per trimester.

This is the dish on the latest exhibits combining science and art around the country. This time the prize for the most bumpin’ scienceArt scene goes to the Northeast, amirite? --

Saudi authorities have warned against close contact with camels, and some camel products, after evidence that the animals are the source of the MERS virus

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

A woman's diet at the time of conception might cause lasting changes in the DNA of her children, potentially influencing their development, researchers say.

A sunset solar eclipse wowed observers in Australia Tuesday (April 29) during the first solar eclipse of 2014. See photos of the solar eclipse here.

The latest 3D printing Kickstarter smash hit, the Micro, raised its target $50,000 in eleven minutes. The Micro bills itself as the first truly consumer 3D printer--it plugs in with a USB cable, costs $299, and has raise...

Nearly 90 years after Werner Heisenberg pioneered his uncertainty principle, a group of researchers from three countries has provided substantial new insight into this fundamental tenet of quantum physics with the first ...

Lakes that gushed up through collapsed sediment can explain bumpy landscapes on Mars and perhaps sheltered microbes that may now lie dormant in ice

Streaming jets of high-speed matter produce some of the most stunning objects seen in space. Astronomers have seen them shooting out of young stars just being formed, X-ray binary stars and even the supermassive black ho...

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