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As many as 500,000 people could be infected with Ebola virus disease by the end of January, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Physicists at the University of Geneva have succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal over 25 kilometers of optical fiber.

Geologists say well water spikes in sodium and hydrogen warned of mounting strain before two Iceland earthquakes. The results may someday lead to earthquake prediction.

Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have succeeded in observing the "forbidden" infrared spectrum of a charged molecule for the first time. These extremely weak spectra offer perspectives for extremely ...

A major limitation in the performance of solar cells happens within the photovoltaic material itself: When photons strike the molecules of a solar cell, they transfer their energy, producing quasi-particles called excito...

Changes in the chemical make-up of underground water could be a warning that an earthquake is on the way, according to data from two recent quakes in Iceland

Why are humans so damn curious? Because discovery is pleasurable. Jason Silva, in his latest video, says humans don't care about spectacle--what we care about is ecstatic understanding: "In other words, cognitive ecstasy...

After a weather delay, SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station Sunday. The spaceship lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat...

Silly science awards, antidepressant effects and the World's happiest country -- just a few of the coolest stories in Science this week.

(University of East Anglia) New research shows CO2 emissions are set to reach a new 40 billion ton record high in 2014. The research also shows that the world's remaining CO2 emission 'quota' may be used up in one genera...

It doesn't take much for an antidepressant to change the brain's functional architecture. A single dose will do it, research published this week in Current Biology indicates.