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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing new viewof the Andromeda Galaxy. The new mosaic image represents the sharpest and largest mosaic image of the Milky Way's galactic neighbor ever taken, Hubble officials ...

Sometimes referred to as squirting, and banned in UK porn, no one knew what the fluid some women produce at orgasm was composed of until now

Sometimes, an origami animal is difficult to distinguish from the real thing.

For the first time, underwater photos capture ocean life in action during a typhoon

A team of researchers has built an array of light detectors sensitive enough to register the arrival of individual light particles, or photons, and mounted them on a silicon optical chip. Such arrays are crucial componen...

University of British Columbia scientists have shown that small cyclotrons - particle accelerators the size of an SUV - can replace hulking nuclear power plants as the country's main source of medical isotopes, the radio...

A vaccine against the Ebola virus is urgently needed, and several companies are racing to test their experimental vaccines in an effort to halt the spread of the deadly viral disease.

Did I smell you say what I think I just smelled you say? Back in July of 2014, researchers writing in the Journal PLOS ONE reported a new discovery in the study of gorillas and the odors they produce The researchers knew...

Recently single people showed improvement in their wellbeing after participating in a study that forced them to reflect on their breakup.

Researchers have determined the baby orca born into a pod off the west coast is a female.

Plans for the construction of the world's largest digital camera at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reached a major milestone. The 3,200-megapixel centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Su...

Plans for the construction of the world's largest digital camera at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have reached a major milestone. The 3,200-megapixel centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Su...

A new photography exhibit suggests that, while Nobel laureates may be geniuses in their field, most aren't very good at coloring.

The cleaning behaviour of bees can protect hives from the harmful varroa mite and diseases it spreads – and selective breeding could spread these good habits

A 2-kilometre-wide circle of deformed ice discovered in Antarctica may be a site of a large meteorite impact from 2004

This flu season is severe and health officials are urging people who become sick with the flu to consider using antiviral flu medications.

This animation illustrates one mechanism in which HIV enters the T cell of the immune system.

Toyota is making thousands of its hydrogen fuel cell patents available royalty-free, the car company announced this week at CES 2015 in Las Vegas.

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Doctors believe that giving premature babies the equivalent of a cup of coffee stimulates the diaphragm, the lungs and the brain. Also, Viagra has been used in babies diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension.

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