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Hudson the polar bear is a star attraction at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, where visitors come to watch him romp and swim in the new "Great Bear Wilderness" exhibit.

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In this 100th anniversary year of the discovery of superconductivity, physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology have published a fully self-consistent theory of the new kind of superconducting behavior, Type 1.5, this month in the journal Physical Review B.

Thank you for the new way to fingerpaint, Steve.

Thank you for the new way to fingerpaint, Steve.

CBS News correspondent Karen Brown talks to Dr.

The newest member of the Dorchester Collection, 45 Park Lane, opened September 1 in London right across from its sister property the Dorchester. Following the 2010 opening of Coworth Park, the new Mayfair location is the luxury brand’s ninth hotel and features 45 rooms and suites (starting around $643 per ...

NEW YORK--Just as a true outbreak might, the new viral thriller Contagion, opening this weekend, begins unremarkably enough. [More]

To serve remote areas of the world, doctors, nurses and field workers need equipment that is portable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. Now researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have built a compact, light-weight, dual-mode microscope that uses holograms instead of lenses

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the introduction of the new book Ordinary Geniuses: Max Delbr

Not everyone who is obese needs to lose weight — it's possible to carry extra pounds and still be healthy, a new study says.

Taryn Winter Brill reports on a Boston exhibit based on the new book, "What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets." Also, Health Magazine's Frances Largeman-Roth speaks about our own eating habits.

Sabi Sabi’s South African game lodge Earth Lodge has been renovated in a style that celebrates its natural surroundings, both in style and by adding several new activities for its guests. Timed with its 10th anniversary, the new design employs many local, natural materials like sisal, raw ivory, and wood. ...

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the new book HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser. Copyright (c) 2011 by David Kaiser.

A new bionic leg originally designed for wounded soldiers is giving amputees a new chance to live more normal lives. Elaine Quijano reports on the new technology