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A team of researchers led by scientists from the San Diego State University discovered a previously unknown but surprisingly common virus living in the human gut, the BBC reported Saturday.

Nigerian officials have put all airports, seaports and land borders on "red alert," after a Liberian man died of Ebola in the capital city of Lagos. The outbreak that's killed more than 660 people and infected more than ...

Using data from over 18,000 patients, scientists have identified more than two dozen genetic risk factors involved in Parkinson's disease, including six that had not been previously reported. "Unraveling the genetic unde...

Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi can evade treatment by acquiring mutations in the genes targeted by antibiotics or antifungal drugs. These permanent mutations were once thought to be the only way for drug resistan...

Scientists have discovered why medication to treat asthma and pneumonia can become ineffective. The findings show that drugs widely used to treat lung diseases work with the body clock. The research found out that cells ...

Targeting a molecule in blood vessels can make cancer therapy significantly more effective, according to research. Researchers have found that a molecule, called focal adhesion kinase (FAK), signals the body to repair it...

Dexterous, sensitive and precise, it's the ultimate hands-free device - no wonder the tongue is at the heart of a new generation of computer controls (full text available to subscribers)

In a new book, The Beginning and the End: The Meaning of Life in Cosmological Perspective, by philosopher Clement Vidal (@clemvidal), the two main trends of the universe - the trends of rising disorder and complexity - a...

3D videos of starlings show that cues to turn flow through the flock like ripples on a pond, rather than spreading evenly like a diffusing gas

Almost one-third of American children and teenagers are either obese or overweight, but a new study carried out by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, found 30 percent of them -- about 9.1 millio...

When AIDS first emerged in the early 1980s, HIV infection was a death sentence. But a global effort has ensured this is no longer the case for a growing number of people.

Ever looked at the ingredients on a bottle of water? Why would you when it's just hydrogen and oxygen, right? Wrong. A large number of bottled-water companies that market their products as "purified" and "natural" are ac...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of K2, the second tallest mountain in the world, located in Pakistan, a team of Pakistani climbers and three Italians, reached the summit at 22:30 GMT on F...