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Every few months, almost like clockwork, a media hype about these arachnids surfaces in the press. But we rarely find a balanced story about deadly spiders. Just how toxic are they, really?

A woman in the Netherlands contracted an unusual bacterial infection that may have come from one of her pet cats, according to a new report of her case.

Researchers have developed a way to send the thoughts of one person through a computer to control the hand motion of another person.

A virus known to attack green algae in lakes and rivers can also infect human brains -- and it's making dummies out of us. The virus, called ATCV-1, can impair cognitive activity, learning and memory, essentially making ...

Project Recover using autonomous robots to map areas where World War II planes likely crashed in the Pacific Ocean.

Ernest Rutherford is best-known for splitting the atom, but that's not his only claim to fame. The British physicist also helped pave the way for sonar technology.

Italian scientists convicted of manslaughter in connection with the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake won their appeal on Monday (Nov. 10).

At this year’s Exponential Medicine conference, CNBC was present to probe faculty about some of the exciting developments within accelerating technologies. One of the most eye-opening speakers is Aubrey de Grey,...

At the 2014 Exponential Medicine conference, faculty from Singularity University were interviewed by CNBC about some of the most exciting advances in emerging technologies. When it comes to world of processors, there’s...

Scientific research of the body is broken, says Jessica Richman, cofounder and CEO of uBiome. Our data is narrowly focused on a subset of humans--western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic (WEIRD)...

A team of researchers has now drawn connections between known regulators of body mass, pointing to possible treatments for obesity and metabolic disorders. As scientists probe the molecular underpinnings of why some peop...

Researchers have identified a key protein that is able to reduce the severity of a disease equivalent to multiple sclerosis in mice. This molecule, Del-1, is the same regulatory protein that has been found to prevent inf...

A new germ-zapping robot could help stop the spread of deadly viruses, like Ebola, in hospitals and other health care facilities in the United States.

Glycogen storage disorders are metabolic conditions that manifest in the first years of life. This inability to process and store glucose can be difficult to diagnose. Now, researchers who have studied enzymes involved i...

Tiny, thin microtubes could provide a scaffold for neuron cultures to grow so that researchers can study neural networks, their growth and repair, yielding insights into treatment for degenerative neurological conditions...

Researchers have determined the specific type of cell that gives rise to large, disfiguring tumors called plexiform neurofibromas, a finding that could lead to new therapies for preventing growth of these tumors.

Kaci Hickox, the nurse who fought against her quarantine after returning from West Africa, has been deemed healthy. The 21-day Ebola incubation period has now passed as of Tuesday.

Dr. Craig Spencer was free to go bowling and anywhere else in New York City on Tuesday after being released from the hospital and cured of Ebola. Bellevue Hospital Center held a press conference to announce Spencer's dis...

Creeping molten lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has reached and engulfed its first home. No people were injured, as residents had evacuated days ago from the Big Island house, but they stood and watched the fire from ...

Over 100 countries have agreed to consider drafting laws banning capture of whales and dolphins for display, and will boost protection for sharks and polar bears

A new study has found potential early markers for hemorrhagic fever diseases similar to Ebola, suggesting it may be possible to screen for these diseases much earlier.

A novel study demonstrates the potential of a novel molecular imaging drug to detect and visualize early prostate cancer in soft tissue, lymph nodes and bone. The research compares the biodistribution and tumor uptake ki...