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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 ...

Many of the nation's hospitals in the U.S. struggled to meet a federally mandated electronic health records deadline, and as a result could collectively face millions of dollars in reduced Medicare payments this year, a ...

A new nerve repair technique yields better results and fewer side effects than other existing techniques, research shows. Traumatic nerve injuries are common, and when nerves are severed, they do not heal on their own an...

Using the genome editing tool known as CRISPR, researchers were able to selectively silence two genes in human papilloma virus that are responsible for the growth and survival of cervical carcinoma cells. After silencing...

In individuals with MS, patterns of brain activity associated with learning were maintained at six months post training, scientists report in a new article following up on a long term study. For the pilot study, particip...

An increased risk of emergency operative delivery is linked with increasing maternal age, suggests a new study. The study used a sample of 169,583 low risk, first-time mothers in Norway, to examine the association betwee...

When we think of ill effects from lead exposure various neurologic problems usually come to mind. Now researchers say another health impact can be added to the list: obesity. Even at low levels, lead is associated with o...

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

Some Fitbit Flex users have experienced problems with their device holding a charge after a few months of use. Here's what to do if that happens.

. . . 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 team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they're giving it away. A small team of astrophysicists and computer scientists have created some of the highest-resolution snapshots yet of a cyber vers...

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.