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In an effort to find new treatments for Parkinson's disease, researchers are sending their experiments to space.

Find out what the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse will look like from anywhere on the planet with a new interactive, 3D simulation from NASA.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. and growing older is the greatest--and most inevitable--risk factor for it. So what, if anything, can we do to keep our hearts and arteries as healthy as possi...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Blizzard and DeepMind Turn StarCraft II Into an AI Research Lab Darrell Etherington | TechCrunch "StarCraft II is such a useful environment for AI research basically because of how complex and var...

The consequences of global warming are expected to be far-reaching, long-lasting and, in many cases, devastating.

A new study reveals just how far people may be willing to go to protect their reputations.

During a 1925 total solar eclipse over New York City, the streetlights turned on, three women fainted, vendors sold smoked glass while exhorting passersby to "save your eyes for 10 cents" and seagulls landed in the water...

How does the skin develop follicles and eventually sprout hair? A new study addresses this question using insights gleaned from organoids, 3-D assemblies of cells possessing rudimentary skin structure and function -- inc...