A global survey of 102 cities uncovered nearly 55,000 RNA viruses, most previously unknown to science, revealing a hidden world of viral diversity.

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Within this dinoflagellate plankton is a tiny microbe that acts more like a virus than a cell. (Takuro Nakayama/University of ...

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The Supreme Court appeared divided and searching for consensus Monday in a major case involving climate change that could ...

A previously healthy 52-year-old man returned from Argentina with a fever before his lungs rapidly filled with fluid and his oxygen dropped to a critical level. His blood pressure collapsed, his ...

Taylor Swift's 'Patient Zero' inverts the term's meaning — and her video goes further. The real history: a misread letter, a scapegoat, a posthumous vindication.

The GMKtec M8 handled my writing routine and lighter gaming comfortably. Its simplicity also reminded me of the computer younger me would have wanted.

In 1983, a teenager with a modem and a list of phone numbers talked his way into a Defense Department computer, asked it to play a game, and ...

Cancer vaccines have long promised a way to teach the immune system to hunt down tumors with the same precision it uses against viruses, but the promise has repeatedly collided with biology. Free ...

Forensic review led prosecutors to dismiss the charge against Brian Pori; he still faces Suboxone-related counts.