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The deadly Ebola virus is one flight away from the United States, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not as concerned about home country as it is for West African countries with weaker healthcare syste...

The "uncanny valley" is a term coined by Japanese roboticist Mashahiro Mori in 1970 to describe the strange fact that, as robots become more human-like, we relate to them better--but only to a point. The "uncanny valley"...

With the announcement of an inquiry into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, talk of poisons is back in the news.

Study shows heart attack patients who arrive at the hospital during weeknights, weekends and holidays have a 13 percent increased risk of dying compared with those arriving during regular business hours. On average, time...

Scientists have created robots that are only nanometers in length, small enough to maneuver inside the human body and possibly inside human cells.

Grenade Explosion U.S. Marine Corps, via Wikimedia Commons Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3-D printing, is inherently creative. Materials are layered together and built up, constructing an object from pow...

Physical exercise could alter how people perceive their physical world by making their environments appear less threatening, a new study suggests.

Can Google predict the future of financial markets? New research suggests that Google Trends, which tracks search terms over time, can be used to forecast changes in stock prices.

Huge waves out of nowhere were dismissed as legends of the deep, but they may have caused many grisly shipwrecks from seafaring history

Researchers are developing vision-correcting displays that can compensate for a viewer's visual impairments to create sharp images without the need for glasses or contact lenses. The technology could potentially help tho...

The best way to cure most cases of cancer is to surgically remove the tumor. The Achilles heel of this approach, however, is that the surgeon may fail to extract the entire tumor, leading to a local recurrence. With a ne...

Bacteria living in the warm waters off the Bahama Islands may feed on the mineral-rich dust carried over by wind from the Sahara Desert, a new study finds. The growing bacteria create the limestone that shapes some of th...

Biologist Stephen Friend is searching for exceptional people who carry genes for serious childhood disease but have never got sick - are you one of them? (full text available to subscribers)

The U.S. East Coast is bearing the brunt of the rise in "nuisance flooding" - minor events that shut down roads and clog storm drains but aren't particularly dangerous. Such floods have increased by more than fivefold in...

Scientists have used data provided by NASA's Cassini spacecraft to identify 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus. The new discovery has excited researchers who consider water to be a fundamental ...

The generation that would face the full effects of climate change needs to help lead the charge to prevent them.

The increasing urbanization of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study carried out in Uganda that found that even small changes t...

A vaccine previously shown to reduce malaria in young infants and children reduces larger numbers of malaria cases in areas of higher malaria transmission, according to results from an ongoing clinical trial. The effect ...

Underage drinkers are three times more likely to drink alcohol brands that advertise on television programs they watch compared to other alcohol brands, providing new and compelling evidence of a strong association betwe...

Here are some common causes of and treatments for heart attacks, and other interesting facts about the condition.

Keeping healthy habits may be particularly important during stressful times, as a new study suggests it may protect the body against some negative effects of stress.

Despite the popularity of low-carb diets, more Americans still say they try to avoid fat than carbs, according to a new poll.