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There are massive and extremely bright stars in the universe that were long suspected by astronomers to die spectacular, explosive deaths, and a new study has put forth evidence for the first time that these cosmic behem...

A man whose finger bones looked mysteriously "eaten away" on an X-ray was actually a textbook case for doctors who have seen what high levels of a hormone called parathyroid hormone can do to the body.

Thousands of people in the Caribbean are becoming sick with a virus called chikungunya, which causes debilitating fever and severe joint pain, according to news reports.

Rockets in the John P. Stapp Air and Space Park at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo, New Mexico AllenS, via Wikimedia Commons Here's a roundup of the week's top drone news, designed to capture the milit...

Warmer water changes weather patterns, bringing floods and droughts across the globe.

HAARP, the ionospheric research program and longtime target for conspiracy theorists, is set to shut down this year, despite complaints from some scientists, who say the facility could still be useful.

Hawaii's sheltered Duke Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki is the No. 1 beach in the United States in 2014, thanks to a safe, protected location with lots of amenities and Oahu's new no-smoking policy.

The best beaches of 2014, as ranked by Florida International University's "Dr. Beach." Hawaii and Florida rank high on the list, with a protected Oahu beach taking the top spot.

The United States particle physics community should focus on dark matter and energy experiments, as well as pursuing new physics related to neutrinos and the Higgs Boson, a new report suggests.

Imagine a day when hamburgers grown from stem cells in a factory provide enough meat for an entire village. Such a future is within reach, some experts say.

                In about a month’s time, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft will adjust its orbit and dip into the outer... --

Myths about seasonal allergies seem to spread as easily as so many pollen grains on the wind. Here's the truth behind some of the common misconceptions about allergies.

Comb jellies, a widely distributed group of marine animals known as "aliens of the sea," have caused scientists to reconsider what we know about early evolution.

Ostriches and their flightless relatives like elephant birds are found across the globe not because continental drift forced them apart, but rather, the ancestors of these birds spread across the world through flight, an...

A group of scientists in Switzerland is developing small robotic modules, called "roombots," which fit together like LEGO bricks to form structures that can fit together and morph into different shapes.

Like a scene right out of "The Jetsons," a fleet of robotic blocks could assemble themselves into pieces of furniture that can move around the house.

Most fitness trackers are designed for adults, but the devices might help researchers study exercise habits in kids.

Models of how the Earth works may need to change, thanks to two new studies that recreate the extreme conditions just above the planet's core.

Big ground birds like emus and moas may look alike, but they are only distantly related, and flightlessness evolved six times within 10 million years

An expected El Niño could mean below-average Atlantic hurricane activity this year.

A committee of physicists says the U.S. should build a billion-dollar project to beam ghostlike subatomic particles 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) underground from Chicago to South Dakota. That would help scientists unders...

Younger siblings are more likely to die by suicide than firstborns, according to a new study of the Swedish population. Researchers aren't sure why, but they suspect sibling bullying, parental attention or perhaps biolog...