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Genomic Sequencing Provides Hope For La Jolla Girl

A teenage girl from La Jolla who has suffered from a mysterious illness her entire life has gotten some new found hope after having her genome sequenced.

Researchers raised two groups of walking, air breathing Poypterus senegalus — one on land and one on the water. They discovered that each group was able to adapt itself to be best suited to its environment.

Scientists Study How We Evolved To Stand On Our Own Two Fins

They examined an African fish that can breathe air and walk on its fins, discovering insights into the transition from sea to land some 400 million years ago.

GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee courts the religious vote at the Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Manning, South Carolina.

Are You An Evangelical? Are You Sure?

"Evangelical" is one of the most poorly defined terms in the U.S. political conversation.

An 8-day-old gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park cuddles her human handler, March 19, 2014.

Baby Gorilla On The Upswing, Avoids Hairy Health Situation

Move over, baby panda, there’s a cute new sheriff in town.

A marijuana bud displayed in Denver. Don't legalize pot, the pediatricians say, but don't lock teenagers up for using it, either.

Pediatricians Say Don't Lock Up Teenagers For Using Marijuana

Making pot legal for adults makes it more likely that teens will use too, according to the nation's pediatricians. And that's a problem, because marijuana harms developing brains.

Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore holds up a silicon wafer at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2005. Moore first noted 50 years ago that the number of transistors that can be packed into a computer chip doubles about every two years. That observation, called Moore's Law, has been the basis for the entire digital revolution.

At 50 Years Old, The Challenge To Keep Up With Moore's Law

Gordon Moore's observation on the exponential improvement in hardware has pushed computers to be faster, smaller and cheaper. But there may be a point where tech advancements outpace the theory.

Premature and sick babies are cared for in the neonatal unit at Isaie Jeanty maternity hospital, operated by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

For Babies, Preterm Birth Is Now The Number One Cause of Death

For the first time, the single greatest threat to a newborn's life is not a specific disease. Rather, it's the fact of being born prematurely.

This healthy sea star is free of white lesions, a telling sign in the progression of sea star wasting syndrome.

California Sea Stars May Be Victims Of A Virus

Researchers have identified a virus as the most likely cause behind millions of sea star deaths along the Pacific coast.

What's In His Kiss? 80 Million Bacteria

My love comes with microbes, with 80 million bacteria in a single kiss. And couples who share more than nine long kisses a day end up with similar mouth microbiomes. Pucker up!

Google Glass Explorer Ticketed In San Diego Featured On 'The Daily Show'

Cecilia Abadie probably wasn't thrilled when she was issued the first-ever ticket for driving while wearing Google Glass. But she should've been. That ticket got her onto "The Daily Show."

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