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Unlike Bilbo's magic ring, which entangles human hearts, engineers have created a new micro-ring that entangles individual particles of light, an important first step in a whole host of new technologies.

Younger adults with elevated systolic blood pressure -- the top number in the blood pressure reading -- have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease than those with normal blood pressure, acco...

Since the beginning of recorded time, humans have used materials found in nature to improve their lot. Since the turn of this century, scientists have studied metamaterials, artificial materials engineered to bend electr...

The baculum, a bone in the penis of polar bears, is losing density in areas where pollutant contamination is high – and that may spoil the bears' sex life

People whose cholesterol levels are even slightly high while they are in their 30s are at an increased risk of heart disease later on, researchers say.

Fish are getting a "voice," and taking it to a global stage.

What would the world look like without freshwater fish?

Unlike Bilbo's magic ring, which entangles human hearts, engineers have created a new micro-ring that entangles individual particles of light, an important first step in a whole host of new technologies.

As the first blizzard of 2015 bears down on the Atlantic Coast, here are five stunning weather maps that highlight its massive impact.

Let's say some future civilization wanted to get energy out of a black hole. The first step would be to build a space elevator that defies the laws of physics --

The weird weather phenomenon known as La Niña could occur nearly twice as often in the future as it does now, due to global warming, researchers say in a new study.

The fierce nor'easter pummeling the East Coast today is occurring because of a perfect confluence of events.

Utopian plans for green cities are blasted in Julie Sze's Fantasy Islands, while Paul Steinberg holds out hope for the humble in Who Rules the Earth?

A see-saw effect of warm water slushing in the equatorial Pacific may make extreme climate events El Niño and La Niña twice as frequent

You know the feeling: the dryness in the mouth, the stickiness in the throat and the creeping salivation -- thirst.

Scientists have found a way to switch a mouse's sense of thirst on or off by shining laser light on the animals' brains.

A huge asteroid will become the largest space rock of its kind to pass closest to Earth until 2027 today (Jan. 26) when it zooms safely by Earth beyond the orbit of the moon. You can see the space rock's flyby live onlin...

The NOAA GOES-13 satellite captured the massive winter storm bearing down on the east coast of the United States on Jan. 26th, 2015. GOES 'sees' infrared radiant energy and reflected visible light.

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If we could turn back the clock millions of years, would animals evolve in the same way? Genome data suggests that their options would be limited

In my new book BOLD, one of the interviews that I'm most excited about is with my good friend Ray Kurzweil. Bill Gates calls Ray, "the best person I know...

Astronomers are building a global collaboration to identify recently discovered radio blips seemingly originating from deep space. Called "fast radio bursts," or FRBs for short, these enigmatic cosmic signals have so far...