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The newly developed robots have potential for more sophisticated applications, such as space research.

Hurricane Julio is more than 1,000 miles behind Hurricane Iselle, which was slated to make landfall Thursday night on Hawaii's Big Island.

The Liberian government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to help contain the Ebola epidemic.

A decade-long study shows that astronauts have a hard time getting rest while in orbit.

Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity hold promise that humans will one day travel to and explore the red planet.

A doctor who works in Liberia says West African countries need urgent intervention to fight Ebola or thousands could die.

Some doctors are suggesting experimental vaccines aren't being distributed widely enough because the patients happen to be African.

An earthquake rattled Hawaii on Thursday ahead of Hurricane Iselle and Hurricane Julio.

Residents and officials are shutting down illegal marijuana farms that they say are draining the state's stressed water supplies.

The Aloha state is hunkering down ahead of two rare Pacific storms, one of which will be the islands’ first direct hit in 22 years.

The Ebola virus drug used to treat two Americans is being funded by the same U.S. government program that brought you the Internet.

The highest levels of mercury were found in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.

The findings of the study are particularly relevant to states where invasive species are considered to be a serious ecological problem.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president, declared a state of emergency for at least 90 days, to ensure “the very survival of our state."

Hurricane Iselle lost some punch, but behind it is Hurricane Julio. If they both hit Hawaii, it would be “unprecedented.”

Sometimes a supernova does not destroy the star.

WHO leaders could also recommend travel bans during the two-day emergency meeting to discuss West Africa's Ebola outbreak.

The experimental ZMapp serum made from tobacco was administered to the two Americans who contracted the Ebola virus while in Liberia.

Although largely concentrated in West Africa, international travel has been spreading the disease worldwide. Where is Ebola now?

Rosetta reached its comet target on Wednesday.

Record low temperatures across the U.S this summer could indicate that a harsh winter is in store for parts of North America.

The 40-year-old man died just two days after going to an emergency room with symptoms of Ebola.

An exhaustive study that collated existing data on aspirin use and cancer said that the drug could drastically reduce cancer deaths.

Buried fully extended, with arms at his sides and hands over his abdomen, the man would have been nearly 5 feet 10 inches tall.

The Rosetta comet rendezvous has been more than a decade in the making. The live stream begins at 4 a.m. EDT.

Rather than a new species of ancient human, remains found in Indonesia more likely an individual with Down syndrome.

Narcissists think they're better than other people and don't mind saying so publicly.

The international death toll stands at 887. Most of the victims are either Sierra Leonean, Guinean or Liberian.

More than a decade in the making, the Rosetta spacecraft will finally arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.