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A humpback whale appeared to swallow then spit out a kayaker in a viral video filmed off the coast of Chile. But was he actually in any danger?

New research suggests that people who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy have longer pregnancies than people who are not exposed to these conditions.

Intel’s reference laptop design aims to cut e-waste and make computers you can easily repair.

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling Lake Ontario in terms of size and volume.

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale Blue Dot" image is just as awe-inspiring today.

Kissing is a multifaceted and emotionally loaded behavior. Do other animals do it, too?

Scientists have tagged a giant male great white shark off the East Coast. The researchers said "Contender" is the largest male white shark ever caught and studied in the northwest Atlantic.

The U.S. is currently experiencing very high levels of seasonal influenza across the country. Here's why.

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its exoplanet companion are speeding through our galaxy at more than 1.2 million mph. However, it is unclear if this is really the case.

Astronomers have used a continent-sized radio telescope to find the largest black hole jet ever observed in the early universe.

DNA and RNA epigenetics, once thought to be separate, have now been found to work together to fine-tune gene expression.