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Yellow Fever Timeline: The History Of A Long Misunderstood Disease
No one knows for sure, but scientists believe that yellow fever has plagued the world for at least 3,000 years. in all likelihood, the disease started in… -
A Young Woman Dies, A Teen Is Saved After Amoebas Infect The Brain
Doctors describe 16-year-old Sebastian DeLeon as a walking miracle — he is only the fourth person in the U.S. to survive an infection from the so-called… -
China Is Looking To The US As It Builds Its First National Park System
Throughout its 100-year history, US National Parks have served as a model for other countries trying to set up their own networks of protected spaces.Now… -
Protected Marine Area Near Hawaii Is Now Twice The Size Of Texas
President Obama is expanding a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, more than quadrupling it in size and making it the world’s largest protected… -
New Virus Breaks The Rules Of Infection
Human viruses are like a fine chocolate truffle: It takes only one to get the full experience.At least, that’s what scientists thought a few days ago. Now… -
Tribute: The Man Who Led The War To Kill Smallpox
“Anxious, pleading, pock-deformed faces; the ugly, penetrating odor of decaying flesh; the hands, covered with pustules, reaching out, as people begged… -
Voice Recognition Software Finally Beats Humans At Typing, Study Finds
Computers have already beaten us at chess, Jeopardy and Go, the ancient board game from Asia. And now, in the raging war with machines, human beings have… -
This Planet Just Outside Our Solar System Is 'Potentially Habitable'
A potentially habitable planet about the size of Earth is orbiting the star that is nearest our solar system, according to scientists who describe the… -
Climate Change Complicates Predictions Of Damage From Big Surf
Tropical Storm Colin ripped across the Gulf of Mexico in June and hit the coast of southwest Florida with 60-mile-an-hour winds. Before it arrived, a team… -
Behold the forgotten spells from the tombs of ancient Serbia!
More than 1,500 years ago, during the Roman Empire, a young woman died and was buried in the city of Viminacium, in modern-day Serbia. Someone close to…