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UC San Diego professor Rob Knight is pictured in this undated photo.

San Diego Researchers Identify Possible Tool For Forensic Science

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine announced Thursday that microbes can be used to provide a relatively accurate estimate of the time of death in decomposing human bodies.

A man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google search results about health can be influential, but sometimes they can be unreliable or wrong.

Seeking Online Medical Advice? Google's Top Results Aren't Always On Target

Google's search results on health issues can be influential, but they can also be unreliable or wrong. The highlighted answer may come from a dubious source while a more credible one is buried below.

Ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for a Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in December. Critics have raised questions about her age as she runs for re-election.

Will Age Become An Issue In Dianne Feinstein's Re-Election Campaign?

Critics say Feinstein — the oldest member of the U.S. Senate at 84 — should not run for another six-year term. But an expert says chronological age doesn't tell you much about ability.

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Where To See The Solar Eclipse In San Diego

Check out this list of viewing parties in San Diego County

Asian Ticks (Mysteriously) Turned Up On A New Jersey Sheep

No one is quite sure how that kind of tick got there. And get this: It basically clones itself! Should we be worried?

This 3-foot-long tuber, in a picture tweeted earlier this month, is a threatened edible wild yam from Madagascar called bako.

The Yam That Deserves To Win The Internet

It's one of many varieties in Madagascar that are being studied as part of a project to bring better nutrition to people. And no, it's not the same as a sweet potato.

A man identified only as Daniel K. covers his face with a folder as he sits in a courtroom in Cologne, Germany, on Friday.

British Hacker Known As 'Spiderman' Sentenced Over Cyberattack

The 29-year-old man was given a suspended sentence of one year and eight months in an attack that reportedly knocked out Internet for nearly 1 million people in Germany in November.

A new report reveals how the industry influenced research in the 1960s to deflect concerns about the impact of sugar on health — including pulling the plug on a study it funded.

What The Industry Knew About Sugar's Health Effects, But Didn't Tell Us

The sugar industry pulled the plug on an animal study it funded in the 1960s. Initial results pointed to a link between sugar consumption and elevated triglycerides, which raises heart disease risk.

Mohammad Al Abdallah, the executive director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, shows a video that was posted to YouTube of illegal cluster bombing in Syria.

Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

A human rights group finds itself with an interesting problem — an overwhelming number of videos to catalog as it builds legal cases. Computer scientists are creating tools to analyze the videos.

Rat traps are a weapon behind used to fight the plague in Madagascar, since the rodents carry the disease. But getting rid of all the rats would be difficult — and without rats, plague-infected fleas could then turn to humans for a blood meal.

Ask The Disease Specialist: Why Is It So Hard To Beat The Plague?

A bad outbreak is spreading in Madagascar. We checked in with a virologist and outbreak response specialist Dr. Daniel Bausch to see what's up.

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