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The official 2014 World Cup game ball should make players happy, NASA said after its own aerodynamics testing showed the new design avoided the pitfalls of the unpopular 2010 version.

With regard to teens, there's good news and bad news from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC's National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) released Thursday for the September 2012-De...

A group of researchers have discovered evidence for oceans' worth of water deep beneath the U.S., which, according to them, could represent the largest water reservoir on Earth.

The Scribble pen can identify and reproduce 16 million colors you might come across in daily life. The pen uses a 16-bit RGB color sensor to identify the colors of objects and reproduces them by mixing cyan, magenta, yel...

Science has only recently delved into the neural and hormonal mechanisms of paternal care, but so far the evidence suggests that mothers' and fathers' brains use a similar neural circuitry when taking care of their child...

Internet access is common in the developed world, but many in emerging markets are just now getting online. For Google, one of the most visited sites in the world, it’s a massive growth opportunity. And they aren’t g...

A long-necked sea monster, the cutest penguins and Lake Superior's icebergs are just a few of the awesome images we found in Science this week.

Just a reminder for those of you in the Chicago area: I’ll be speaking Monday July 16th, 6 PM, at the Harold Washington Library Center. --

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US have been criticised for recreating a very similar but distinct influenza virus by mixing together a set of genes taken from viruses of wild birds that are pres...

With regard to teens, there's good news and bad news from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC's National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) released Thursday for the September 2012-De...

Training's not just for dogs -- with the right approach, your "problem" cat can be trained to behave.

The virus HSV-2 likely made the jump from chimp ancestors to the ancestors of modern humans about 1.6 million years ago, according to a new study.

The FAA announced this week that it has granted one company approval to conduct drone flights over a sprawling oil field in Alaska, marking the first commercial permit for unmanned flights over land. What does this mean ...