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The latest work by scientists in Britain is paving the way for bionic limbs controlled by the central nervous system. Early clinical trials on...

Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds. But unlike other savants, who can perform similar...

Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are rebounding, covering double the acreage they did in 1984. In 2005, grasses, a key component of the bay's...

Great kids abound. They can tackle any problem in the world today. Last Friday the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for high school...

Scientists monitoring avian influenza in water birds report that "millions of water birds have already migrated from Asia to West Asia and Africa, but...

In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...

CTV reports on Bioengineers at the University of Calgary who have successfully grown insulin-producing cells in a lab, which they say marks a major...

VLADIVOSTOK — The first birth of Amur tiger cubs in over a century has been reported in southeast Siberia, according to World Wildlife Fund. Scientists...

February 15, 2006 — Two lost worlds were in the news last week. One was discovered halfway around the world, but the other is right...

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A new coral reef was discovered off the Thai coast, which is home to over 30 types of hard corals and at least 112...

What is human nature? Are we basically good, evil, or a little of both? Philosophers have debated this throughout the ages, but today science...

The European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to launch a copy of its lost Cryosat Satellite to definitively measure the effect of climate change on...

Good news is often considered too soft and unimportant to be valuable in one’s real life. The truth is, good news can create concrete,...

CBS Evening News Katie Couric's Notebook (Video) "The Good News Network is devoted to all the good news that's fit to print... When...

Chicken Fat Heats Buildings - Alternative to Imported Oil University of Georgia scientists say chicken fat, restaurant grease, and other ‘bio-fuels’ are a good...

A revolution has turned around Central Alternative High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, and its ‘problem kids’, sent there from twelve area schools. Respect, achievement,...

Scientists have discovered a microbe that interacts with a hazardous industrial chemical in tainted groundwater rendering it biodegradable. Trichloroethane (TCA) is an industrial solvent and...

Steller sea lions in Alaska are making a comeback. An aerial survey of the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands spotted more than 19,000...

A group of upstart scientists, scholars and researchers in the field of psychology have decided that it is more important to focus on what...