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There are fewer days with tornadoes compared to 60 years ago, but the risk of deadly tornado clusters is rising.

Both men and women's feelings of love for their partners can be affected by taking antidepressants, a new study suggests.

Adjusting sleep schedules while traveling is always a challenge -- more so in zero gravity, when a minor problem could send the traveler spiraling into infinite space. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that a ...

This is a sad, yet important reminder about the need to check for wildlife before doing any repairs on a home or business. It also shows the powerful nature of a raccoon mother's maternal bond with her young.

A woman in England has felt permanently dizzy after she rode a spinning fair ride a year ago, a condition that doctors say is caused by a lesser-known type of migraine.

Yellowstone National Park's Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world. Here are photos of the famous rainbow-colored spring.

Exposure to light during the night may interfere with tamoxifen, a drug commonly used in women with breast cancer, a new study suggests.

Researchers have hacked traffic lights across a Michigan city, and they warn that the weakness they found exists at 100,000 intersections in the country

Giant gypsum crystals--some of which are in excess of 30 feet long and half a million years old--are found deep within the Naica mine in Chihuahua, Mexico and are renowned for their spectacular beauty. While large gypsum...

. . . which is to say, they are not carcinogenic at all. The analogy between the cancer risk that results from hammers and cell phones is better than you might imagine. I only bring this up because, once again, a promine...

A new approach for formulating the active chemical ingredients of common drugs and agricultural products has been developed by researchers in Italy, and it holds broad potential to make such products more durable, safer,...

Certain titanium-based metal oxides can form a crystal structure known as perovskite that results in a subtle internal imbalance of electric charges. This imbalance gives the material the ability to flip between two 'fer...

The nucleus of an atom is composed of protons and neutrons, which are themselves made up of elementary particles called quarks and gluons. Observing these elementary particles is difficult and typically involves smashing...

A persistent high pressure ridge and cooler ocean waters typically keep Hawaii from seeing any hurricanes.

Here at Singularity Hub, we’re suckers for well-written, thought-provoking stories. They inspire us to think about the future, shift our perspectives, and improve our craft. Instead of just passing these articles back ...

Some sources have suggested that Ebola could be used in a terrorist attack, but bioterrorism experts say that weaponization of the deadly virus is unlikely.

Wind and rain continued to build overnight as Iselle, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm late Thursday, approached Hawaii from the south. With maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, the stor...

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NASA's Fermi telescope detects some of the universe's most powerful explosions, and these include terrestrial gamma-ray flashes triggered in the intense electrical fields of storms.

A Flock Of Red Knots These birds migratory paths delayed drone testing off the New Jersey shore. Dick Daniels, via Wikimedia Commons Here's a roundup of the week's top drone news: the military, commercial, non-profit, an...

The shortlist of images for the 2014 New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography journey from the deep sea to inner space to reveal stunning worlds

Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could gain some relief from a new virtual-reality program, new research suggests.