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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 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.

The trauma caused by childhood neglect, sexual or domestic abuse and war wreaks havoc in our bodies, says Bessel van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score

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 ...

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...

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.

Researchers finished the first draft of the human genome in the year 2000. Although the decreasing cost of the technology has far outpaced Moore's Law since then, we have yet...

Fertility and population declines in glaucous-winged gulls coincide with a switch away from eating fish to a low-nutrition terrestrial diet

All the latest on newscientist.com: mass grave tells tales of life on the Forgotten Front, on not costing the Earth, thoughts switch on genes, and more

The talks between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping are seen as instrumental in inspiring action on cutting carbon emissions in their nations and beyond

The graphic images plastered across unbranded cigarette packs in Australia have gained acceptance, with more smokers now supporting the packaging than opposed

Impression of Rosetta mission landing. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab; Comet image: ESA/Rosetta/Navcam History will be made when Rosetta's lander Philae makes a soft touchdown on a comet tomorrow. ESA's Rosetta spacecraft f...