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Kids with lazy eye -- or amblyopia, the medical term for the condition -- may improve their vision by playing a specially designed iPad game, a new study finds.

A rare type of bed bug was found in Florida for the first time in 60 years, and it may be on the move.

(University of Exeter) Physicists avoid highly mathematical work despite being trained in advanced mathematics, new research suggests.

Donald Trump's campaign denied climate change and threatened healthcare, but his platform has a glimmer of hope when it comes to science and technology

It achieved the best time in the approximately 30 years that have passed since the cube was invented.

Scientists have developed a tissue-engineered model of lung and trachea which contains the diverse cell types present in the human respiratory tract.

For patients with degenerative spinal disease, surgery is more effective in reducing pain that interferes with sexual activity, compared to nonsurgical treatment.

It's Friday afternoon! Let's look into the archives of physics and pretend we're still working. "Hi, you've reached Eran. Please leave a message, and I'll get back to you." That's my voice mail message on my cell phone t...

The best way to help young people with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder get more exercise is to make it fun, according to a small international sampling of adults livi...

Children who are bullied in primary and secondary school are nearly twice as likely to be overweight at the age of 18 than non-bullied children, according to a new study.

Traumatic stress affects the brains of adolescent boys and girls differently, according to a new brain-scanning study. Among youth with post-traumatic stress disorder, the study found structural differences between the s...

A new study suggests there may be a way to limit tumor growth by targeting immune system cells called macrophages.

When the full moon is at a spot in its orbit closest to the Earth, our lone satellite appears much bigger and brighter than your average full moon. Take a look at these stunning images of the supermoon.

Mice infected with the common gut parasite Tritrichomonas muris are at an increased risk of developing inflammatory colitis, new research shows. These findings expand the type of gut-resident microorganism that can affec...

Researchers have unraveled how a tiny microRNA molecule controls growth and differentiation of brain cells.

There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from our bacteria. According to new research, this is true for the skin as well. The work has shown that the most common bacteria on human skin secrete...

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands that block myofibroblast formation and collagen production in thyroid eye disease may be the key, according to a new report.

Ultrafast lasers have measured how long electrons take to be booted from a helium atom with zeptosecond precision - trillionths of a billionth of a second

A single fossilized backbone is the first evidence on record that dolphins once swam around the waters of ancient Madagascar, a new study says.

A strange metal object that looks like it may have come from an aircraft or rocket launcher has landed in Myanmar.

Bacteria are among the oldest life forms on Earth and exist nearly everywhere; in the soil, water, deep in the earth's crust and in our own bodies. Actually, there are at least as many bacterial cells in the human body a...

When he takes office, Donald Trump will be handed the keys to the US - and a powerful suite of tools to spy on the people who live there