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The Ebola death toll has topped 4,000 and has spread to seven countries, the World Health Organization said Friday in its latest report on the virus. That's up from 3,865 deaths, which the organization reported on Wednes...

Imagine being isolated for three weeks in a government facility because of a wrong answer on a federal form. That's the potential nightmare that could await travelers coming from West Africa to the U.S. under new airport...

In a for-profit environment, drug research follows potential profits.

Prehistoric cave paintings, 2014's most powerful storm and creepy creatures are just a few of this weeks awesome Science photos.

At least 100,000 people have been evacuated from towns and cities in the Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Hudhud, classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, bore down on the country's eastern coast,...

In one of the gutsiest performances in sports history, NFL quarterback Chris Simms had to be carted off the field after taking several vicious hits from the defense during a game in 2006. Remarkably, Simms returned to th...

Almost as light as air, aerogels are a heavyweight solution for everything from heat-bleeding windows to carbon emissions (full text available to subscribers)

An international team of archaeologists has recovered stunning new artifacts from an ancient Greek ship, which sank more than 2,000 years ago off the remote island of Antikythera, lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea. The...

Cheaper, faster and able to reach larger audiences than traditional methods, polling through game consoles could predict the outcome of US elections

Most of us have an existing desire to be a normal healthy weight, but not everyone seems able to achieve this goal.

Have you ever ordered too many items online - say, buying 20 courgettes when you meant two? Then you might feel a little sorry for the anonymous broker in Japan who lost US$617 billion to a trading typo error.

Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering that involves figuring out how to make or do things better.

A new type of ER is emerging, one that addresses the added risks faciing cancer patients.