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The device could help a million people with a severe form of macular degeneration to be able to see enough to read.

If Oktoberfest brings links to your plate, there's more to know about the meat- and vegetable-based casings they're stuffed into.

Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers.

More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices.

He and a colleague, Tsung-Dao Lee, created a sensation in 1956 by proposing that one of the four forces of nature might violate a law of physics.

A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a silver lining in the judge's opinion.

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule.

None of the patients, all California residents, had traveled abroad, suggesting the Clade 1 virus strain was transmitted locally.

A prolonged drought and other factors have muffled the kaleidoscopic blend of reds, oranges and yellows in some areas of New England this fall.

Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits.