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VACCINES are medical science's nuclear weapons. Clean water and sewage disposal aside, they have saved more lives than any other public-health measure. Vaccines have wiped smallpox, a disease once dreaded by rich and poo...

Baby boys who were exposed to a chemical in plastics may show some signs of altered genital development, according to new research published today.

For the first time in 150 years, researchers have found a new species of sea dragon, a marine creature with "unusual red coloration," according to a new study.

As if the outdoors weren't harsh enough with Boston buried under ungodly amounts of snow and the rest of the Northeast unable to shake the bitter cold, more winter weather is on the way. So what's behind this extreme chi...

Hot and humid cities can birth more summer thunderstorms than rural areas in the Southeast.

Bottlenose dolphins moved into the Mediterranean, once too salty to harbor much marine life, at the end of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago, a new study finds.

In a Mars environment, it appears even brewing may be possible.

The 149th crew to "explore" the Red Planet care of the Mars Desert Research Station has made some interesting discoveries -- not all what you would expect.

Scientists are interested in using gels to deliver drugs because they can be molded into specific shapes and designed to release their payload over a specified time period. However, current versions aren't always practic...

Most lenses are, by definition, curved. After all, they are named for their resemblance to lentils, and a glass lens made flat is just a window with no special powers. But a new type of lens created at the Harvard School...

Animals tend to evolve toward a larger body size over time, and marine animals are no exception, a study suggests.

UV rays can keep harming your skin hours after you step out of the sunshine, researchers say.

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Sunlight triggers cancer-causing DNA damage in the skin hours after you've gone inside. An "evening-after" sunscreen might combat the effect

A nearby star passed within a light year of the sun 70,000 years ago, close enough that early humans could have seen it

The ambitious Dutch firm hoping to make a reality TV series out of their attempt to colonise Mars has just months to decide whether the plan will go forward on schedule

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Fasting and exercise suppress the immune system's inflammatory response. A drug may replicate the effect now we've identified the chemical responsible

High resolution cameras can now capture haze and air pollution activity in real time and post it online

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have developed a novel paper-like material for lithium-ion batteries. It has the potential to boost by several times the specific ene...

A partial skull found at a site called Lukenya Hill in Kenya suggests that early populations of modern humans in Africa had greater diversity than previously thought.

Emerging technologies like synthetic meat, GMOs, and robotic farms provide a glimpse of a coming era in which technology solves the world's food problems. But some sobering statistics from the World Food Programme frame ...