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Surviving Ebola takes a heavy toll on any person's body, but for American survivors of the deadly virus, the post-recovery period has presented a whole host of new challenges, opportunities and general weirdness. The fir...

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Millions of people across North America will have a chance to observe a partial solar eclipse next week, weather permitting.

From the Asian steppes where Cannabis sativa plants first evolved, to prehistoric hunters and gatherers, ancient China, Viking ships and finally the Americas, a new report outlines marijuana's history.

Falling down and getting hurt is a big problem for older adults. Now, new research from Australia suggests that the only type of exercise that lowers older adults' risk of falling down is swimming.

Live Science caught up with Fabien Cousteau, who spent a month in an undersea lab this past summer.

Now that the 2014 Nobel Prizes are done, it's time to start looking forward to next year. Why so soon? Because I'm hoping that we can start a grassroots campaign to help Vera Rubin win the physics Nobel in 2015. The nomi...

A new kind of solar cell could store electrical energy without any help from traditional batteries, according to a new study.

Astrophysical jets are counted among our Universe's most spectacular phenomena: From the centers of black holes, quasars, or protostars, these rays of matter sometimes protrude several light years into space. Now, for th...

As health officials take greater steps to keep someone with Ebola from traveling, and as hospitals grapple with disposing of the soiled garments and bedsheets of their Ebola patients, another concern has emerged: What if...

The World Health Organization admitted Friday failures its in efforts to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Associated Press reports. In an internal memo, WHO said "nearly everyone" involved in the response fail...

Officials are investigating a potential case of Ebola at the Pentagon after a woman on a tour bus became sick. The woman, who recently arrived from Africa, began vomiting and was rushed by ambulance to Virginia Hospital ...

Fever, vomiting, a raised rash and weight loss. These are the familiar symptoms of Ebola, a deadly virus currently wreaking havoc across West Africa. But what Ebola does to the human body at a molecular level is far more...

Earthquake science has kept pace with San Francisco's tremendous transformation since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

While we kept our eye on the next iteration of devices rolling out of Apple this week, the Hub team was also getting a steady dose of great articles challenging some of the very pillars of how we see technology shaping t...

A colourful visualisation of brain signals could offer a quick and easy way to identify people who are conscious but can't move or speak

The entrants in the 2014 Nikon Small World photography contest offer an intimate look at tiny realms rarely seen outside of a lab

Google has found another way to reach into our lives with its same-day delivery service. But it needs to harness new technology to make Google Express viable

Incredible images from the Oct. 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in California's Santa Cruz mountains.

Comet Siding Spring will zoom within 87,000 miles of Mars at 2:27 p.m. EDT on Sunday (Oct. 19). Scientists will observe the flyby using the fleet of spacecraft already at Mars, studying the comet and any effects its dust...

The strong poison and bright warning patterns of the little devil frog mean it can sing shamelessly longer and louder in its efforts to woo a mate

Computer chips with superconducting circuits--circuits with zero electrical resistance--would be 50 to 100 times as energy-efficient as today's chips, an attractive trait given the increasing power consumption of the mas...