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Scientist Names Wasp After Tuuka Rask

A researcher from Greater Boston discovered a new wasp species in Kenya. He stuck to his roots and named it Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski after the Boston Bruins goaltender, Tuuka Rask.

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Trump: Vaccine Dosage Linked to Autism

Real estate mogul and “Apprentice” host Donald Trump talked vaccines, tax returns, Common Core, illegal immigration, and Israel in a wide-ranging interview set to air on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Trump said that while he is a “total believer” in

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New Contact Lenses Offer Telescopic Sight

A team of optics researchers from Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) is developing telescopic contact lenses that may help people suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which may affect 196 million people worldwide by 2020.

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Krauthammer Slams Walker Evolution, College Stories

Columnist Charles Krauthammer took issue with a question on evolution asked to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) and a Washington Post story on his college years on Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Krauthammer said the evolution query was “an

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about her new book "Hard Choices" on Friday, June 20, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Hillary Biographer: Hillary ‘Backtracking’ on Vaccines

Amie Parnes, Senior White House Correspondent for the Hill and co-author of the Hillary Clinton biography “HRC” declared that Hillary Clinton was “backtracking” from her earlier position on the link between vaccines and autism on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “She was

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FNC’s Smith: Science Denying Anti-Vaxxers Are Hurting Kids

Monday, Fox News Channel host Shepard Smith slammed “science denier” parents who do not vaccinate their children. Smith said, “Hello, science. A lot of you want to talk about science deniers, that’s what you are. You measles no people! You

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More California Panic: Man with Measles Visited Fresno Maternity Ward

The measles outbreak continues to spread in California and beyond, with a case confirmed Wednesday in Fresno County. Fresno health officials say the man visited the area recently and may have had contact with county residents in public locations, including an area medical center and its maternity ward, potentially exposing babies to the extremely contagious disease.

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LAPD: Waze App Threatens Police Safety

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has raised serious concerns over the use of the real-time traffic and tracking application Waze, saying it jeopardizes the lives of police officers by revealing their locations.

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WHO Admits Failings in Ebola Response

Sunday, the World Health Organization’s chief Margaret Chan admitted the organization learned “many lessons” from being “caught by surprise, unprepared” in the latest Ebola outbreak. Chan said, “Never again should the world be caught by surprise, unprepared.” Follow Pam Key on