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second time this year, Liberia has stamped out Ebola transmission and been declared free of the disease, health officials say.

Beavers dam rivers; birds build nests; chimpanzees use sticks to fish for ants or termites. Nature at its best. But when humans build dams or use tools to feed ourselves,...

Imagine illuminating your home or business with flat, inexpensive panels that are environmentally friendly, easy on your eyes, and energy-efficient because they create minimal heat.

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have for the first time seen a spin current - an inherent magnetic property common to all electrons - as it travels across materials. The res...

An international team of researchers from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), IBM, the University of Edinburgh and Auburn University have shown that a new device concept - a 'squishy' transistor - can overcome the pr...

If you want to boost your brain, you may want to table the training games and instead go for a jog.

A one-of-a-kind spider from Down Under looks more like a Transylvania transplant than an Aussie, thanks to its red fangs.

Cats do not form the childlike, dependent bonds on caregivers that dogs do, suggesting that the felines really are more independent than their canine counterparts.

Think sharks only live in the ocean? Think again.

Mark Wong was surprised when he turned over a rock in Tallaganda State Forest, in New South Wales, not because there was a scary-looking spider looking back at him. Rather, it was because the funnel-web spider had red fa...

An estimated 5.3 million people in the U.S. suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). The five current FDA-approved AD medications only help mask the disease symptoms instead of treating the underlying disease. In a new stud...

Exercise improves health in overweight and obese adults but can be hard to incorporate into a daily routine. New findings show that taking vitamin C supplements daily instead can have similar cardiovascular benefits as r...

A commonly prescribed antidepressant may alter brain structures in depressed and non-depressed individuals in very different ways.

Hawk nests create a "cone of safety" from predatory jays, protecting vulnerable hummingbird nests.

Hummingbirds have a clever strategy to keep their nests safe: They recruit unknowing hawks for home security. Check out these spectacular photos of hummingbirds, hawks and jays.

Small birds can be protected from a predator by the presence of an even bigger predator, which creates a no-go zone

Artificial hearts are a miracle -- if you're an average sized male.

Researchers have found that patients with coronary spasm have a higher risk of heart attack in the relatively near future, especially when the spasm occurs at the site of atherosclerotic coronary artery narrowing. The re...

Patients with spinal stenosis experienced good short term benefit, lasting from weeks to months, after receiving epidural steroid injections. These findings contradict a previously published study that found epidural ste...

"And it's melting!" according to NASA. The deep ocean beneath Greenland is fueled by currents from the subtropics. This warm and salty water is melting the ice from the bottom up and much faster than the surface water.

Will the current El Niño building in the Pacific emerge as the strongest on record? This NCAR visualization compares current sea surface temperatures with those of the powerful 1997 El Niño.

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is intended to prevent cancer, but it may also be able to treat warts caused by the virus in some people, a new report suggests.