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Toss out those needles: Flu vaccines could be delivered via a painless, Band-Aid-like patch.

A Wikipedia for the deaf strives to improve sign-to-spoken-word translation.

Early next year, Ale Co. will launch a microsatellite into orbit—approximately 310 miles above Earth—to bring shooting stars closer to home.

With hackers able to steal fingerprint data off the perfect picture, researchers are working on more dynamic biometric features like heartbeat patterns.

It syncs with an app over Bluetooth, and in under two minutes indicates a child's temperature, breathing rate and an assessment of how the lungs sound.

Clinics seeking a profit and patients desperately wanting a baby has resulted in a booming business, but of nearly 30 fertility clinic add-ons reviewed by researchers, only one increased a woman's chances of having a baby.

When pierced by a bullet, packages in the jacket filled with life-saving drugs break open and help stem bleeding, prevent shock and lessen pain.

It was a great year for weed and gravitational waves.

African-Americans booking a trip with the popular ride services Uber or Lyft are waiting up to 35% longer for trips and getting more cancellations than white riders.

Mistakes in analyzing DNA can lead to wrongful convictions, and proteins in hair may offer a useful alternative.

Swearing has its own home in our brains, separate from where we generate polite conversation.

New study shows individual drivers may discriminate against patrons with "African-American-sounding" names, making them wait longer than white riders.

New research on why people vote the way they do says voters scorn policies in favor of making a statement about who they are.

The toughest challenge in video games isn't reaching the highest level—it's finding black characters.

A landmark study of more than a million Dutch women finds a link between depression and hormonal contraceptives such as the birth control pill, the patch and IUDs.

Measles is the fifth vaccine-preventable disease to be eliminated from the Americas, but being declared disease-free doesn't mean measles will never surface again.

Household dust contains numerous chemicals that may be harmful, depending on your exposure.