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After receiving radical hand transplant surgery, Lindsay Ess had to relearn what hands could do.


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India rape victim's friend recounts attack in TV interview; recalls apathy of police, public


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Read more: India Gang-Rape Victim's Friend Recounts Attack

In a study that could make you lose your own lunch, researchers have created a projectile-vomiting robot to research how far the highly contagious norovirus particles travel when somebody with the illness throws up. Norovirus causes severe projectile vomiting and diarrhea in those infected for...


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Four national retailers have agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties for falsely labeling clothing and textiles as made of bamboo, when they were actually made of rayon, a synthetic material.


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Read more: FTC Says Retailers 'Bamboozled' Customers

Zoo gorillas have earned a reputation for doing a whole lot of nothing, often just sitting against a tree for hours at a time. But Kidogo, a silverback in the Krefeld Zoo, has earned sudden fame for his penchant for performing a number of tricks, including tightrope walking.


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The natural gas industry has set up websites and purchased advertising space to provide information about "fracking" to viewers of the new Matt Damon movie, "Promised Land."


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Read more: Fracking Group Counters 'Promised Land'

Final push to finish Afghanistan's Kajaki dam comes amid security worries, muddled US strategy


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Read more: US Pushes to Finish Afghan Dam as Challenges Mount

The narwhal, a kind of Arctic whale, has been called “the unicorn of the sea” because of the long, straight, often spiraling tusk that males of the species can grow.  It is illegal to import the tusks into the United States because narwhals are listed...


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Read more: Narwhal Tusk-Smuggling Ring Cracked, Feds Say