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In the future, tiny machines may swim through our bloodstream repairing damage, attacking invaders, or taking real-time readings. We might even model such machines on biology. But biological cells are incredibly complex ...

An unidentified person suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus is being treated at a Miami-area hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The details of the case and the patient weren't imm...

A giant dinosaur found in Tanzania once lived during a lush, green period of flowering plants about 100 million years ago, paleontologists report.

An uncommon virus has caused clusters of severe respiratory illness among children in at least two U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Toxic tornadoes were spotted in a poisonous cloud of sulfur dioxide gas spewing from Iceland's Holuhraun lava flow on Sept. 3.

Researchers and coal miners excavated Rukwatitan bisepultus, a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in 2007 and 2008.

Are you ready to capture the "supermoon" tonight? This evening, the moon will be at its best -- in its full phase and at its closest point to Earth. If you have got a camera ready, it's a prime opportunity to capture a b...

Stephen Hawking warns that the Higgs boson, or "god particle," could end the universe one day.

Lower sea ice levels in the Arctic has created new shipping lanes and oil industry opportunities. The wildlife and natives in the area depend on those same waters for their livelihoods.

Industrial wet spinning processes produce fibers from polymers and other materials by using tiny needles to eject continuous jets of liquid precursors. The electrically charged liquids ejected from the needles normally e...

It's the clouds that stop the oceans boiling. But as the planet warms, our main defence against the sun's fierce heat is weakening (full text available to subscribers)

A new particle detector called Belle II could help explain more about New Physics beyond the Standard Model and reveal insights into antimatter.

A infrared camera from the Nicarnica Aviation's NicAIR II was used to spot the toxic tornado on Sept. 3, 2014. It whirled volcanic gases and ash particles during an ongoing Holuhraun fissure eruption.

Big slabs of ice are sliding over and under each other within Europa's ice shell, a new study suggests. The Jovian satellite may thus be the only solar system body besides Earth to possess an active system of plate tecto...

Fancy living forever, or uploading your mind to the net? The Proactionary Imperative embraces transhumanist dreams, but reminds why we need medical ethics

Species are dying off thousands of times faster than they are being created, according to new research that highlights the planet's looming biodiversity crisis. The study also suggests humans are on the verge of causing ...

Two female sculptures are uncovered in a Greek tomb that dates to the time of Alexander the Great.

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A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit northern Baja California at 5:13 a.m. Sunday, says the U.S. Geological Survey. The impact produced shaking that was felt across much of San Diego County, California, according to U-T San Di...