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Using a temperature-sensitive dye and array of photosensors on a thin flexible electronic surface, researchers developed a type of camouflage that mimics that of cephalopods.

The rates of hospitalizations and deaths from heart disease and stroke in the U.S. have declined dramatically in the past two decades, a new study has found.

Mike Brown could have survived all of his wounds except for the shot that struck the top of his head, said Dr. Michael Baden during a press conference Monday in Ferguson, Missouri. Baden, a former chief medical examiner ...

X-47B Lands Aboard The USS Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Navy photo taken by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alex Millar If the latest tests are any indication, humans and robots will soon fight alongside one ...

There's a lot of research that indicates aspirin is good for many ailments, but it can have side effects.

The iconic, walnut shape of our brains may depend on two simple physical parameters, researchers say.

The insatiable demand for ivory is causing a dramatic decline in the number of African elephants. Poachers are hunting the animal faster than it can reproduce, a new study finds.

The U.S. Navy recently conducted its first successful tests of drones and jets operating together aboard an aircraft carrier. The test flights took place Sunday (Aug. 17) aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Pygmy traits independently evolved many times among different peoples around the world, because shorter heights may have helped them live in rainforests, researchers say.

Octopuses and squid possess the amazing ability to blend in with their surroundings, but now, researchers have created a man-made system that mimics this form of camouflage.

The standard polio vaccine may not always work, according to a new study showing vaccinations didn't prevent polio in people in the Republic of the Congo during an outbreak there in 2010.

East and West African pygmies evolved their stature independently, possibly because it was a beneficial trait in an environment packed with low obstacles

The Y chromosome, which makes men male, has been shrinking for 180 million years. But there's more to this rotting husk than anyone suspected (full text available to subscribers)

A bizarre ancient worm finally finds its place in the tree of life. Hallucigenia sparsa is such a strange specimen that its head was originally thought to be its tail, but researchers now know that it was the ancestor of...

The tendency of Clostridium novyi to kill mammal cells has been used to shrink tumours in dogs and people, so the bacteria could help fight some cancers

The chance that a person with Ebola will spread the disease on an airplane is small, according to a new statement from the World Health Organization.

Jamie Bartlett's encounters with the characters behind subversive currencies and online erotica make fascinating reading, but The Dark Net is really about us

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AHRLAC In Flight Its name is an acronym that means "Advanced High‐performance Reconnaissance and Surveillance Aircraft." Aerosud & Paramount Group Powered by a pusher propeller, covered in pixel camouflage, and furnish...

Summer speed limits could reduce roadkill deaths for the rare Hine's emerald dragonfly, an endangered species.

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A dragonfly tumbles after a roadway collision with a University of South Dakota researcher's truck in Door County, Wisconsin. Summer speed limits could reduce roadkill deaths for the Hine's emerald dragonfly, an endanger...