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California blue whales have recovered from whaling, according to new research by the University of Washington. Researchers say this is the only population of blue whales to have rebounded from being hunted.

The FDA has granted approval for a new cancer drug that uses the body's own immune system to fight tumors, and is the first in what is hoped to be a new range of drugs that could revolutionize how some cancers are treate...

Tesla Motors is building a new factory in Nevada to produce batteries for its electric cars, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 4).

The death toll of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has reached 2,097 out of 3,944 known cases, the World Health Organization announced Friday. This epidemic is the deadliest and most widespread in Ebola's known ...

A small pit filled with ancient Roman jewelry dating back nearly 2,000 years to a violent riot around A.D. 61 was unearthed beneath a London-area department store, according to a British archaeology organization.

Slow-moving lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is about a week away from the cluster of homes and farms in the Kaohe Homesteads neighborhood.

A major American study could lead to improvements in outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that disproportionately affects younger women.

Disturbing news for women on college campuses: a new study indicates that female college students who are victims of sexual assault are at a much higher risk of becoming victims again.

Breathing in xenon, a gas used in people for anesthesia, may help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions linked with fear and anxiety, a new study in rats suggests.

It may look like a softy, but this robot is a rugged survivor that can survive fire, ice and getting squashed by a car

In an experiment that sounds more like science fiction than reality, two humans were able to transmit greetings to each other using only a digital connection to link their brains.

A huge gas tornado has been photographed spewing from Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano on an infrared camera designed to let pilots see volcanic ash clouds

A group of tobacco experts has called into question the reliability of the World Health Organization's guidelines on e-cigarettes

An Australian Federal Court has upheld last year's ruling that firms can patent naturally occurring genes as long as they are isolated from the body

A new breast cancer vaccine candidate, (GP2), provides further evidence of the potential of immunotherapy in preventing disease recurrence. One of only a few vaccines of its kind in development, GP2 has been shown to be ...

If Americans altered their menus to conform to federal dietary recommendations, emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases tied to agricultural production could increase significantly, according to a new study.

Despite the availability of effective evidence-based treatment, about 40 percent of individuals with serious mental illness do not receive care and many who begin an intervention fail to complete it. A new report investi...

Specific immune cells, known as T lymphocytes, have to be activated so that the body can develop long-term protection against infections. Previously, it was believed that this process only took place in the lymph nodes a...

A combination of two microRNAs suppressed tumor growth in an an animal model of non-small-cell lung cancer, a new study shows. The study provides two important examples of basic science discoveries making their way to th...

It may look like fresh blood and flow like fresh blood, but the longer blood is stored, the less it can carry oxygen into the tiny microcapillaries of the body, says a new study. Using advanced optical techniques, the re...

Can aspects of personality help explain a predilection towards risky sexual behaviors in developing adolescents? Researchers approached this question by surveying middle adolescents of various personality types. The thre...

Significant progress in defining new genetic causes of Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer found only in children, has been made by researchers. Wilms tumor is the most common childhood genitourinary tract cancer and th...