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Heated debate on coast of California
Nearly three months after the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, we are still debating the place of guns in American society. That debate is not just about statistics ...
Clicking those friendly blue "like" buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga.It could out you as gay.It mi...
Meteorologist Jim Gandy tells Alan why he explains environmental issues in his weather reports.
Brain cells can live at least twice as long as the organisms in which they reside, according to new research.The study, published Monday, Feb. 25, in the journal Pro...
Hidden in a necropolis situated high in the mountains of the Caucasus in Russia, researchers have discovered the grave of a male warrior laid to rest with gold jewel...
The campaign for Armenia's presidential election lasted only a month, but packed drama into the short time that included the shooting of one candidate and another co...
An unusual and widely felt 5.6-magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was probably caused when oil drilling waste was pushed deep underground, a team of university and ...
The world's only bionic eyes -- implants that can bring sight to the blind -- keep getting better.Created by Second Sight Medical Products and recently approved by t...
Your doctor writes a prescription; the pharmacist fills it; you take the medication and get better. That's how it's supposed to work. But in the real world, plenty c...
Scientists have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explain why some young people have more of a tendency to b...
A scientific article about the possibility of terrorists poisoning thousands of people through the milk supply was published over the government's objections after t...
A group of American scientists are meeting in Tokyo to find lessons from the Fukushima nuclear accident to improve the safety of U.S. reactors.Norman Neureiter, head...
Parents whose children are struggling with math often view intense tutoring as the best way to help them master crucial skills, but a new study released on Monday su...
The ancestors of people from across Europe and Asia may have spoken a common language about 15,000 years ago, new research suggests.Now, researchers have reconstruct...
The brain of a famous patient known only as E.P., whose complete inability to form new memories puzzled researchers for nearly two decades, has now been analyzed.The...
Members of a committee of the National Academy of Sciences met Thursday in this hurricane-hit city, seeking input on ways to better prepare the nation for major disa...
Put down the rulers, guys — whether your penis is the "right" size depends on the proportions of the rest of your body, a new study finds.Women rate men with larger ...
Will Senate Democrats be able to end debate on their new gun control bill Tuesday night? President Obama says that it is "not right" to continue the debate. But he m...
A tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago still peeks out in central California and Mexico, new research finds.The Farallon oceanic...