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New investigations reveal just how easy it is for CBP to legally peruse your phone or laptop.

Data about on-set injuries is scant. Leslie McMichael wants to change that—and upend the way her colleagues’ bodies and brains get handled.

Millions of people in Japan told to evacuate as the typhoon made its first landfall on Sunday.

Where humpback whales swim, Shearwaters are often not far behind.

Chile's environmental sacrifice zones were built to meet the world's demands for copper, lithium, and other natural riches—but at a high cost.

Plus, what to know about the Dark Horse variant.

All the ants on Earth weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined.

Flooding, power outages, and evacuations follow the region's worst storm in decades.

The Category 1 storm made landfall on Sunday with winds of 85 miles per hour and drenching rains.

The police program collected pinprick blood samples from somewhere between 919,282 and 1,206,962 people.

Check for suspicious activity on your phone and laptop.

Here's how it works, how it is intended to be used, and what it has in common with a famous album cover.

Experts describe what happens to the body when you ingest a battery.

The electric C4 Corvette recently turned up at a salvage yard in Illinois, along with a stack of documentation showing its origins as a secret Motorola project.

For when the only thing you want to do is finding apps.

Some lawmakers think the diet supplement industry has grown out of control.

If you're coughing in your home, you might want to check on your plants.

The Bird Migration Explorer, from the National Audubon Society and partners, shows you where birds go and how they get there.

The largest and longest-lasting algae bloom in San Francisco Bay is spreading north, racking up tens of thousands of fish kills.

Even before modern medicine, amputations weren't a death sentence.