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Emory University Hospital in Atlanta will treat its third U.S. Ebola patient, according to the Associated Press. The unidentified aid worker was one of many World Health Organization doctors working in an Ebola treatment...

Propelled by the fastest rate of increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in three decades, levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere touched a record high in 2013, the World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, said ...

This past weekend, students from around the world faced off in a competition to test mock Mars rovers designed to explore the surface of the Red Planet.

Greenhouse gas pollution in the planet's atmosphere reached record-high levels last year, a new report shows. The surge was largely driven by carbon dioxide, levels of which increased more between 2012 and 2013 than duri...

The fossilized remains of a new species of long-necked sauropod dinosaur have been discovered and identified in Tanzania, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The species,...

The Ebola outbreak claimed nearly 200 lives in less than a week in West Africa and shows no signs of letting up, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday. Ebola has killed some 2,288 people in Guinea, Liberia and ...

From decorated pottery to intricate wall carvings, ancient Egyptian artifacts serve as records of life along the Nile Valley for the past 6,000 years, including its decline. Animal depictions in artwork show the rise and...

Apple's new smartwatch, Apple Watch, aims to get people to move more by tracking their daily exercise as well as sitting time, according to an announcement from the company today (Sept. 9).

When two theoretical physicists crossed paths at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, the Story Collider was born. When storyteller Margot Leitman asked students at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Ne...

The dusty Pisco-Ica desert stretches along the coast of southern Peru, but more than 16 million years ago it may have been covered with sparkling water and home to a now-extinct family of dolphins, known as squalodelphin...

Truly two-dimensional objects are rare. Even a thin piece of paper is trillions of atoms thick. When physicists do succeed in producing 2D systems, quantum interactions can lead to new phenomena and Nobel prizes. Two exa...

From tennis to the stock market, How to Predict the Unpredictable by William Poundstone aims to teach you how to overcome a universal human weakness

After a dramatic growth spurt this week, a wildfire burning in California's Yosemite National Park forced hikers to evacuate and produced a billowing veil of smoke that can be seen from space.

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Mars rovers built by students from around the world took part in the European Rover Challenge, a competition to build robots that could aid humans on a future manned mission to the Red Planet.

New prospects for secure data traffic: Flashes of light in particularly sensitive quantum states can be transmitted through the atmosphere.

High-res images from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft show its target comet is covered in cliffs – great for science but scary for landing

In our vain human struggle to kill flies, our hands and swatters often come up lacking. This is due to no fault of our own, but rather to flies' compound eyes. Arranged in a hexagonal, convex pattern, compound eyes consi...

The group who founded the European Jewish community, called Ashkenazi Jews, was just 350 people strong some 600 to 800 years ago, meaning European Jews are all 30th cousins.

We can all use an animal companion from time to time--a comforting presence that's relatively low maintenance, warm, and furry. Pets offers no-drama company that's hard to find in humans. Still, they come with a few extr...

Forget cruise control. The newest must-have feature for cars lets drivers navigate without stepping on the gas pedal or putting their hands on the steering wheel.

Scotland will vote "yes" to independence, according to two opinion polls – but analysing polling stats suggests the vote is balanced on a knife-edge