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New World hantaviruses such as Andes virus cause respiratory illness, but they hit differently than common viruses that lead to…

Scuba divers may be beating up coral reefs more than they think. Video analyses of divers show that more than…

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US…

This is a two-part series on Parkinson’s, detailing the daily struggles with the disease, new treatment programs and how patients’…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has spent years building a world-class infrastructure to fight Ebola. It has hoarded stockpiles of…

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner…

Houses with screens, rainwater-collection systems and cement floors could be a powerful tool in the fight against childhood diseases in…

It’s time to consider screening all children for early signs of type 1 diabetes, a new study suggests. In the…

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza has resisted earthquake damage for nearly 5,000 years, and scientists finally know why. The pyramid…

A buoy with googly eyes was supposed to scare seabirds away from Danish fishing nets. The buoy, named Bobby, sported…