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Update 8:12 p.m. EDT: U.S. health officials confirmed the country's second case of MERS Monday, and said the patient was in good condition in an Orlando, Florida, hospital, Reuters reported. The 44-year-old man is a heal...

An area of western Antarctica whose glaciers have been thawing for decades has passed the point of no return, scientists warned Monday. According to new research, these glaciers have been destabilized and are floating in...

Scientists from the University of Granada have successfully created magnetic bacteria that could be added to foodstuffs and could, after ingestion, help diagnose diseases of the digestive system like stomach cancer. Thes...

In the centuries before World War I, wars were waged on land, or by navies on the high seas. But by the time "the war to end all wars" started in 1914, airplanes had captured the public's attention, and military leaders ...

MQ-9 Reaper drone comes into land at Kandahar Airbase in Helmand, Afghanistan Fg Off Owen Cheverton/Ministry of Defense, UK American military involvement in Afghanistan is winding down. The production run of the MQ-1 Pre...

Live Science explains the reality behind some common misconceptions about big changes in Antarctica.

The disease is present at birth and its causes a blockage of the intestine. It occurs in 1 out of every 5000 live births, more often males than females. Dr. Marc Levitt explains.

Although it may not be herding cats exactly, all the NASA-supported Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests (BCAT) studies have ended on the International Space Station, and the experimental samples are being rounded up and returne...

How medicine, sports and society are trying to heal and protect the brains of millions amidst the growing awareness of the long-lasting effects of traumatic head injury --

Depression in one spouse can put a strain on a marriage. Often, it is a person's partner who first notices their depression, and encourages them to seek treatment. Here are some tips for spouses who are coping with depre...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced the second case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the United States. Here are answers to commonly asked questions about the condition.

Web 2.0 was heralded as a revolutionary game-changer that would level playing fields, but it has simply ended up reinforcing elitism, argues Alice Marwick (full text available to subscribers)

The spring melt of Arctic sea ice is underway, but what summer's minimum will be is hard to predict.

In a shocking new twist, scientists have discovered that red wine and dark chocolate don't actually help people live longer or lower risks of heart disease and cancer. Despite a few years' worth of studies and a $30 mill...

They say you can't teach an old robot new tricks -- or can you? Researchers in Switzerland have trained a robotic arm to catch various objects with split-second timing, and it could be just the thing scientists need to c...

Three International Space Station Expedition 39 crew members will return to Earth on Tuesday following six months aboard the space station. The ISS departure live stream begins at 3 p.m. EDT with the hatch closure while ...

Little did the aspiring medical student, Max Talmey, know at the time that his weekly lunches with the Einstein family in the late 1800s would cultivate a lasting relationship with Albert Einstein."I remember Uncle Max f...

A new map shows that half of the United States is in drought. The most severe drought is in California, which is under a state of emergency, and in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.

There's a dazzling array of colour and pattern in the 600 eggs photographed in Mark Hauber's The Book of Eggs, plus fascinating insights into their biology

Having the occipital lobes at the back of your brain curled around each other than could make you more susceptible to depression

(Phys.org) --Astrophysicists at UC San Diego have measured the minute gravitational distortions in polarized radiation from the early universe and discovered that these ancient microwaves can provide an important cosmolo...

Governments are gathering this week for a four-day session to discuss how to prevent "lethal autonomous robots," according to news reports. The debate is part of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons, which is being ...