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Infection with measles can hurt the immune system's memory of how to fight other diseases.

Looking down on today’s youth says more about how you perceive your own abilities.

Three things are shortening American lives.

What to know about the Ghost Fleet and Overlord programs.

Humanity's origins aren't as simple as we thought

It could join the ranks of Pluto and four others in our celestial neighborhood.

Evidence shows that lifestyle-based interventions, like diet and exercise changes, aren’t likely to help kids with severe obesity.

By cutting health costs and avoiding the social costs of carbon emissions, certain parts of the U.S. could see huge benefits to going green.

The $399 drone looks like a toy, but it's got serious film chops.

You don’t want to put off reading this.

We can’t lower our meat consumption without rethinking masculinity.

Everything you need to know about the current blazes.

They wore hot pants in the name of science.

Here’s how the tech giant and doctors from NYU are testing machine learning to accelerate common exams.

Contact lenses as a prop for your costume may look good, but they have some real risks.

Freeway-to-table could be the next big food trend in California.

The rarest blood is blue.

Rigid saw horses take up a lot of space. Folding ones can be easily stashed away.

The ghost of a supernova looks like a ball of cotton candy.

In 2012, Los Angeles County both shipped and received more kilograms of food than any other U.S. county.