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Officials in China have sealed off the city of Yumen after one resident died from bubonic plague, reports say. But this action is puzzling to U.S. infectious disease experts, who say the response seems extreme.

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, military and civilian experts aboard a U.S. cargo ship, the MV Cape Ray, are disposing of Syria's arsenal of deadly chemical weapons.

The doctor leading the response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has been infected with the highly lethal virus, according to news reports.

Men and women who have served in the military have a higher prevalence of adverse childhood events (ACEs), suggesting that enlistment may be a way to escape adversity for some. ACEs can result in severe adult health cons...

Who will lay claim to having the world's largest particle smasher?. Could China become the collider capital of the world? Questions tease answers, following a news story in Nature on Tuesday. Proposals for two particle a...

Next-generation dark matter experiments get the green light -- Second generation dark matter detector coming to SNOLAB -- International committee looks toward a global future of particle physics discoveries -- Higgs boso...

Parallel Tyrannosaur footprints unearthed in Canada suggest the fearsome predators were pack animals that may have hunted in groups to increase their odds of survival.

A group of people in the Amazon who had been living without any contact to the outside world suffered an outbreak of the flu after fleeing attacks on t, Brazilian authorities say.

New tyrannosaur trackways unearthed in Canada suggest that the ferocious predators may have been pack animals.

The age at which girls reach puberty is influenced by a set of genes that were previously only known to be involved in the development of a fetus before birth, according to a new study.

Can you separate a bell from its ring? You can in the quantum world - the Cheshire cat experiment has shown neutrons splitting from their spins (full text available to subscribers)

String bends, tapping, vibrato and whammy bars are all techniques that add to the distinctiveness of a lead guitarist's sound, whether it's Clapton, Hendrix, or BB King.

Man's best friend does not like anything muscling in on that friendship; -- the first experimental test of jealousy in dogs shows that canines nip even at stuffed dogs when these fakes are taking away the attention of th...

The drought that has the entire country in its grip is affecting more than the color of people's lawns. It may also be responsible for the proliferation of a heat-loving amoeba commonly found in warm freshwater bodies, s...

Treatment of HIV patients co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with an anti-retroviral drug therapy not only tackles HIV, but also reduces HCV replication, according to a new study.

How do great guitarists bend a string like Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix? One scientist sought to figure out how legendary performers make great music.

The feeding grounds of blue whales along the U.S. West Coast overlap dangerously with shipping lanes, placing the behemoths in danger of collisions with ships. This finding could help prevent human threats to these endan...

The skeleton of a child who lived 100,000 years ago shows signs of severe brain damage from a head trauma, new research suggests.

Researchers have tagged more than 100 blue whales off the California Coast, finding the behemoths feed around major shipping lanes.

The discovery of a new material combination that could lead to a more efficient approach to computer memory and logic will be described in the journal Nature on July 24, 2014. The research, led by Penn State University a...

A robot designed to work alongside humans in factories is finding a range of unusual alternative applications – from treating patients to farming in space

5 Turkish siblings, with very rare Uner Tan Syndrome (UTS), walk in lateral quadrupedal motion. Apes and all other primates use a diagonal limb-fall pattern. Credit: Shapiro LJ, Cole WG, Young JW, Raichlen DA, Robinson S...