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Data gathered from nearly 12,000 adult participants found that a bad first name can not only ruin your self-esteem, but it may actually make you lonelier - and dumber, research published in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science shows.

Moon mining! Space Mirrors! The GOP front runner is full of ideas

A new book finds the artistry in science -- and what it means for the world

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you've hit the beach, chances are you've experienced an unfortunate rite of summer: The sunburn.

Skin so swollen it hurts to bend. The heat that rises from reddened shoulders. The "ow, ow, ow" from the shower after you'd thought the pain had faded....

How we perceive the risk that comes from a potential environmental or health threat -- and what we think should be done about them -- often has far more to with our political and cultural predispositions and biases than science

(MedPage Today) -- Medicine has long been regarded as much art as science, but a "contemporary ballet" company in Pittsburgh is taking the concept where it may never have gone before.

Monday kicks off an urgent meeting between some of the greatest minds in science, a debate that could result in a rethinking of the most elemental scientific measurements

(University of Houston) The University of Houston has received a $5 million grant from Houston Endowment Inc. that will be used to strengthen a number of doctoral programs, including engineering and science.

As any wedding singer or bartender can tell you, there's a lot of really sappy songs that mention women who wear red.

Turns out, there may be a reason: men are more attracted to them

GARY, Ind. (AP) -- Dot Purcell always knew she would donate her body to science. Even when young, the mother of 11, a doctor's daughter, would say, "there's something good in here" that might help others....