SCIENCE

New Yorkers have a lot to say about the diagnosis of the city's first Ebola patient Thursday evening.

Crowded subways and germy cabs make New York a perfect candidate for an outbreak, but the city's public health system is ready to stop one.

How long the Ebola virus can survive outside the human body depends on what body fluid contains it and the environment it's in.

New York City subway riders don't need to worry about catching Ebola -- it requires direct contact with an infected person's body fluids.

Officials insist that Bellevue Hospital, NYC's official Ebola treatment center, is capable of handling Ebola patients. But concerns remain.

New York City's first confirmed Ebola patient went bowling the night before he was rushed to the hospital.

Pham was infected while treating Thomas Duncan, the first person to be die of Ebola in the U.S. She has been released from the hospital.

Human trials for the treatment candidates are already under way, and another five drugs will begin clinical trials next year.

European Union leaders have made an "ambitious" deal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Some think it's too much, others think it's not enough.

The first New York City Ebola patient is Craig Spencer, 33, a humanitarian who spent his time developing medical projects in Africa.

The DNA was obtained from a 45,000-year-old thigh bone found in 2008 on the banks of the Irtysh River in Siberia.

Mali became the sixth African country to have witnessed a case of Ebola, after a 2-year-old girl tested positive for the disease.

Sunspots are comparatively cooler areas on the sun with powerful magnetic fields poking out through the sun's surface.

NYC doctor Craig Spencer tested positive for Ebola on Thursday, but health officials say the chances of the virus spreading are slim.

The latest probe is a test run for a 2017 mission, aimed at sending a manned spacecraft to the moon, collect samples and return to Earth.

The government has created Ebola response squads to help hospitals get ready to treat infected patients.

South Miami leaders are worried Florida isn't doing enough to protect from sea level rise. Will a 51st American state emerge?

Map of airports screening for Ebola.

The actual number of deaths from the Ebola outbreak is anyone’s guess, despite health officials' reports.

Dozens of Liberians under quarantine for suspicion of having contracted Ebola reportedly threatened to escape isolation in search of food Thursday, Liberian state media reported.

Be sure to catch Thursday's solar eclipse, but don't look at the sun with your naked eye.

North Korea will reportedly ban international tourism starting Friday as a response to the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Lebanon is grappling with a suspected case of Ebola after a man who arrived from West Africa checked himself into a hospital with symptoms.

Robot technology will be the topic of White House-sponsored scientific brainstorming sessions conducted across the U.S.

Ebola has killed just one person in the U.S. and infected two others, yet it dominates headlines across the country.

Thursday's partial solar eclipse will be seen by most of North America.

Politico says an eyebrow-raising article written by a BP communications rep is a simple op-ed.

Hackers are taking advantage of the Ebola panic by sending false emails from health agency accounts like the World Health Organization.

There are two Ebola vaccines currently in clinical trials.