Iceland has no shortage of natural dangers – volcanic eruptions, glacial floods, scaldingly hot springs and bitterly cold winters. But it is at least one of the few places on Earth where humans don't ...

A Riverside County baby boy was in such a hurry to arrive that his soon-to-be grandmother had to pull over on a busy highway—where his mother delivered him right on the side of the road. Details: KTLA ...

New research suggests chimpanzees can rethink their choices when new evidence emerges, a hallmark of human-like reasoning. Credit: Shutterstock A new study published in Science shows that chimpanzees ...

Consider, then, taking in a mammal that can fell a tree, chew through wire, weighs 30 to 60 pounds full-grown, loves to wrestle, needs to swim and can only defecate in water. Beavers up the ante with ...

Only 10% of people around the world who need organ transplants actually end up receiving them, due to a shortage of suitable donors and extremely complicated logistics. Some scientists have therefore ...

Michelle Taylor said she feared the issues linked with exposure to diethylstilbestrol had also impacted her daughter.

As the government shutdown focuses attention on the continuity and cost of healthcare, one quietly persistent factor is coming to the fore: Emergency Medicaid coverage for undocumented immigrants — ...

Porcine kidney connected to the normothermic perfusion machine. This device allows the kidney to be preserved alive and oxygenated ex vivo (outside the body).Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia ...

A pioneering technology has been developed that enables human kidney organoids to be produced in a scalable manner by allowing the organoids to be combined with ex vivo pig kidneys and then ...

JOHANNESBURG—What does it look like when a city stops trying? Visit Johannesburg, where instead of providing basic public services, the government just warns residents not to expect them. Signs tell ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - In rural Walton County, just off a quiet two-lane road, there’s a farm that’s bursting with life and a purpose you might not expect. From orange trees to honeybees-- ...

When an Ohio father obsessed with sports filled out his newborn son’s birth certificate in 2004, he took advantage of a quiet moment to slip in a middle name of his own choosing. It wasn’t traditional ...