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The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity.

Friends fear the worst, but continue to hope for the best in the disappearance of 22-year-old Christopher Denis.

Through beautiful images of strikingly symmetric stars and triangles hundreds of microns across, they have uncovered key insights into the optical and electronic properties of this new material, which can be either conducting or insulating to form the basic "on-off switch" for all digital electronics.

Sylvan Eisenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Mae Kauffman and Morris Eisenberg.

Robots are simply more efficient than humans at certain tasks. They already excel at building cars, exploring distant planets and hunting for explosives, but it turns out that robots might also evolve much faster than their flesh-and-blood counterparts.

R. Richard Geddes is an associate professor at Cornell University and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where Brad Wassink researches domestic policy.

For now the evolution of robots is being controlled by the hands, and the imaginations, of their designers.

The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called "Esperance," which was inspected by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

Nearly three-quarters of the class of 2013 -- 50 seniors -- applied and were admitted to colleges across the country through early action/early decision.

"This is not the place if you are dieting, looking for romantic intimacy or elitist dining." It is, however, a place for inexpensive ribs.

Brian Krzanich is either having a really good month or a really bad month, depending on how career success is defined.

An artist's impression of the NASA's Orion space capsule attached to the canceled Constellation lunar lander -- could this plan be revived? NASA's newly announced plan to capture an asteroid and re-position it around the moon for an astronaut visit sounds cool, but it's a side-show on the road to Mars, scientists and long-time space mission ... (more)

Among the many difficulties of sending people to Mars, the question of what they will eat is not the least of them.

It is rare, but not inconceivable, to encounter a tropical, underwater paradise in an art gallery in Baltimore.

CLAY , Alabama -- The doctors told Joseph Walter's parents he likely would not live to see his second birthday, but on Thursday night they will watch as the 18-year-old graduates from Clay-Chalkville High School, 20th out a class of 296 students.

These three new logo designs proposed for the University of New Hampshire have prompted the formation of UNH Students Against The Change of the Thompson Hall Logo.

A pioneering genomics technique developed at Cornell University to improve corn can now be used to improve the quality of milk and meat, according to research published May 17 in the online journal PLOS ONE.

Boston University will join online course platform edX to create increased flexible learning options for students both on and off campus, according to a Tuesday press release.

He is one of only 50 U.S. students to receive a full merit scholarship to attend one of the 13 worldwide United World College programs, according to a news release from the school district.

Wall Superintendent Daniel Simon released the following letter : Just slightly over one year ago, I took a risk.