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Alan Alda started the Flame Challenge in 2012 to get scientists and science enthusiasts to explain complex topics to 11-year-olds. "What is a Flame?" was the first question, followed the next year by "What is Time?" T...

The skeletal remains found in Indonesia initially thought to be a new species of human likened to a Hobbit actually was a deformed individual who likely suffered from Down syndrome, U.S., Australian and Chinese researche...

People with a type of rare and fatal brain disorder linked to the consumption of tainted beef have prions -- infectious proteins that cause the disease -- in their urine, a new study finds.

As well as a flood of patients, the only working Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone has to deal with rumours of organ harvesting, says doctor Anja Wolz

Sometimes a smile could backfire and make a person feel worse, suggests a new study showing that people who grin a lot even though they are feeling down may see a dip in well-being.

An algae bloom that turned Toledo's water supply toxic is seen in Lake Erie in new satellite imagery. A ban on drinking the city's water was lifted Monday (August 4).

Wildfires raging over northern California have created huge pyrocumulus clouds.

A panel of experts will assemble next week to discuss the ethics of using experimental treatments for Ebola during the current outbreak in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization.

A diet supplemented with digestion-resistant starch, found in cold potatoes and bananas, could reduce the risk of colon cancer for meat-eaters

Autopilots react faster than humans and have a better safety record. But would you get on a plane with a computer instead of a captain? (full text available to subscribers)

Research by a civil engineer from the University of Waterloo is helping shed light on the way wounds heal and may someday have implications for understanding how cancer spreads, as well as why certain birth defects occur...

In the "twilight zone" of the deep ocean, strange glowing sharks have evolved eyes that are adapted for seeing complex patterns of light in the dark, new research reveals.

Aspirin, an inexpensive and commonly available drug used as a painkiller, can drastically reduce the likelihood of cancer and the deaths resulting from the disease, according to a paper published Tuesday in the Annals of...

During most summers at Cleveland's public swimming pools, the demand for a refreshing dip is so high that lines form outside the gates. But this year it's been relatively quiet, with lower-than-normal temperatures hamper...

The Rosetta comet rendezvous is a success after the European Space Agency guided the spacecraft to its target. From its launch in 2004 to hibernation in 2011 to waking up in January 2014, Rosetta has spent more than a de...

Scientists at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, said on Tuesday that have rediscovered a rare 6,500-year-old human skeleton in one of the museum's storage rooms. The skeleto...

AURA awarded support by the National Science Foundation to begin constructing LSST -- Unusual new telescope gets green light -- Massive neutrinos may not bring about cosmological concordance after all -- China's JUNO lau...

An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in understanding how toxic mercury disperses in the ocean.

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a pas de deux of atomic ions that combines the fine choreography of dance with precise individual control.

Thousands of tonnes of mercury have been emitted by industry but now cannot be found, suggesting the lethal pollutant is lurking somewhere

The 'experimental serum' that doctors gave to two American patients who contracted Ebola is in very limited supply, and it will not be available for general use, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...

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