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As the outlook for animals like elephants and rhinos turns grim, wildlife experts are seeing some signs of encouragement that the illegal trade of ivory and other animal products is being treated as a serious crime....

The new film "Chappie" features an artificially intelligent robot that becomes sentient and must learn to navigate the competing forces of kindness and corruption in a human world....

Hawaii's big, booming eruptions are born from a pair of two relatively small magma chambers under Kilauea volcano's peak....

People who survive Ebola often experience temporary health problems as a result of their battle with the disease, experts say....

Slipping in and out of view, what are sharks thinking?...

To solve the climate crisis, people will need to see beyond their human nature....

A new 3D camera can capture single snowflakes as they fall, and it's revolutionizing how forecasters predict the impacts of stormy winter weather....

You've seen the greeting cards and the (possibly doctored) black and white photographs, but what do snowflakes really look like?...

CRE are a type of bacteria that have become resistant to most antibiotics.

Deforestation, the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses, is considered to be a contributing factor to global climate change....

Virginia Tech developed Tactical Hazardous Operations Robot (THOR-OP) and Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence (DARwIn) have similarities to the robot from the new film "Chappie." UCLA Labs robotic expert Dr.

Endometriosis is a medical condition that occurs when the lining of the uterus, called the endometrium, grows in other places....

Doctors have better treatments for victims of bioterrorism today than in the past, but it's critical that medical staff first be able to recognize such illness so they can respond properly, experts say....

In California, tougher rules about air pollution are linked with better lung health in children, a large new study finds....

The sunken remains of the Japanese battleship Musashi were found in the Sibuyan Sea, off the coast of the Philippines, according to an announcement made this week by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.