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A controversial exhibition featuring preserved corpses having sex opened Thursday in Germany's capital.
Malaria is one of the world's worst health problems and one of its biggest killers, with half a billion people affected every year, according to the Roll Back Malaria partnership.
Dogs appear to experience a range of complex, unpleasant emotions such as jealousy and pride, scientists have discovered.
True or False: The world has enough proven coal reserves to last for the next 100 years.
Women can influence the gender of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about pregnancy.
It's been 30,000 years since Neanderthals walked the earth, but now we can hear what they sounded like, according to a Florida anthropologist.
It is commonly said that we know more about the Moon than the deep blue sea.
True or False: More carbon dioxide is good news for trees as it will boost growth levels.
Humans can now officially be called an urban species. More than half of the global population now live in cities and the United Nations says that by 2030, 60 percent of us will live in them.
Can believing in a cure make it work? That question has long bedeviled researchers, who labor to rule out the placebo effect when they test new drugs. Yet there may be real value - as well as new h...
A controversial exhibition featuring preserved corpses having sex opened Thursday in Germany's capital.
Malaria is one of the world's worst health problems and one of its biggest killers, with half a billion people affected every year, according to the Roll Back Malaria partnership.
Dogs appear to experience a range of complex, unpleasant emotions such as jealousy and pride, scientists have discovered.
True or False: The world has enough proven coal reserves to last for the next 100 years.
Women can influence the gender of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about pregnancy.
It's been 30,000 years since Neanderthals walked the earth, but now we can hear what they sounded like, according to a Florida anthropologist.
It is commonly said that we know more about the Moon than the deep blue sea.
True or False: More carbon dioxide is good news for trees as it will boost growth levels.
Humans can now officially be called an urban species. More than half of the global population now live in cities and the United Nations says that by 2030, 60 percent of us will live in them.
Can believing in a cure make it work? That question has long bedeviled researchers, who labor to rule out the placebo effect when they test new drugs. Yet there may be real value - as well as new h...
Scientists analyzed the portrait of the Mona Lisa, a woman with famously mixed emotions, hoping to unlock her smile. They applied emotion recognition software that measures a person's mood by examining features such as the curve of the lips and the crinkles around the eyes.
Forget the thousands of polls that turn out the obvious information on destinations, airlines and lounges. This month's CNN Business Traveller finds the top surveys that reveal the not so obvious.
Those with two left feet may soon be able to take ballroom dancing lessons from a partner with three wheels.
A memory-boosting pill could be available in the near future following impressive early trial results.
American forensic experts say they have come up with a way to map the profile of individual gemstones.
The robots at the 2005 World Expo have something to prove: that they can be human too.
If you've ever wrestled a grizzly bear while running naked to the South Pole, then you are probably hallucinating, quite possibly under the influence of dimethyl tryptamine, a mind-bending substance from the Brazilian Amazon.
Munch your way through any packet of pistachio nuts and there will inevitably be a small pile of uncrackable shells left over.
About one percent of adults have absolutely no interest in sex, according to a new study, and that distinction is becoming one of pride among many asexuals.
Shocked, I'm just shocked, I say.
Doctors in Kentucky have begun preparing a document to be submitted to an ethics panel at the University of Louisville School of Medicine seeking permission to perform a face transplant, the lead researcher in the endeavor told CNN.
Chicken cullers across Asia have been warned to wear protective clothing or risk catching the lethal bird flu and creating a global epidemic.
Okay, science-phobes, try this: Pour a little liqueur, say Tia Maria, into a glass and top it with a thin layer of cream. Watch closely. The cream will break up into what looks like small writhing ...
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