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Blurred vision contributes to the risk of falling in older adults --- but getting new glasses with a big change in vision prescription may increase the risk rather than decreasing it, according to a new article. Unaccust...

Kiwi, the iconic flightless bird of New Zealand, is not a migrant from Australia, a new DNA study conducted by the University of Adelaide said, adding that the chick-sized Kiwi's closest relative is an extinct giant bird...

Women with diabetes are 44 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men with diabetes, shows a systematic review and meta-analysis of some 850,000 people. The data used in the study stretches back almos...

This photo gallery explores Utah's Bryce Canyon, home to some of the most distinctive geological shapes found anywhere in North America.

(Science China Press) A modern wind farm usually consists of multiple wind turbines arranged in an organized pattern or array. Wake interferences among wind turbines have been found to affect the performance of the wind ...

As of this week, 150 million acres of Amazon rainforest are now safe.

Meteors showers aren't merely skywatching spectacles; they sometimes offer forensic clues into the past lives of comets. That's why some scientists will stay up late Friday night to glimpse the potential the celestial fi...

Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana, of the University of Toronto, talks about his new book Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the... --

Material blasted off Mars from meteor impacts may have scarred the surface of Phobos, one of the Red Planet's two tiny moons, a new study suggests.

Several deadly tsunamis hit California in the past four centuries, but there's no evidence of a megatsunami devastating the Golden State.

A new app uses a phone's built-in 3D camera to detect obstacles, and then produces a vibration or tone to alert the user.

A new chemotherapy drug being investigated for its potency against two types of cancer was found by scientists to be effective in about one-third of the 58 patients who participated in a phase I study. The drug, aliserti...

A microRNA cluster believed to be important for suppressing colon cancer has been found to play a critical role in wound healing in the intestine, cancer researchers have found. The findings, first discovered in mice and...

Big cities in the smog: Photos from Beijing and, more recently, Paris clearly illustrate the extent of fine dust pollution. But what about our direct environment? What is the pollution concentration near our favorite jog...

A blood test has the potential to predict Alzheimer's disease before patients start showing symptoms, researchers have reported. Now they expand upon this groundbreaking research and discuss why it could be the key to cu...

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that women who eat a poor diet before they become pregnant are around 50% more likely to have a preterm birth than those on a healthy diet. The study shows that women who co...

Metal whiskers wreak havoc on electronics, but their origin has remained unknown.

A NASA satellite orbiting Mars recently discovered a fresh crater on the surface of the Red Planet, and scientists were able to pinpoint the exact day the impact occurred. The crater is located near the planet's equator ...

May could see a new meteor shower and the May Camelopardalids could be a great stargazing opportunity. May is already host to the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which occurs early in the month, and the 2014 May Camelopardali...

A neon line of fire creates smoke and its own weather on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. The Funny River fire has spread quickly since beginning on April 19, and is now being battled from land and air.

Move over, Tony Stark -- the military could soon have its own "Iron Man" suit, a robotic exoskeleton designed to augment human abilities on the battlefield.

Lyuba, the world's only complete woolly mammoth and star of a new exhibition at London's Natural History Museum, has a complex tale to tell