Abby and Brittany Hensel are adult conjoined twins who live the normal life of 20-something Americans. But how easy is it?
Infection rates of an incurable illness called valley fever are increasing at an alarming and mystifying rate in parts of the American south-west. But few places have been hit as hard as one remote town.
After his daughter needed an electric wheelchair at 18 months old, David Everard invented one to give her the independence she desired. More than over 30 years later, young children are still benefiting from his machines.
Scientists spent years searching for Technetium, a chemical element that came, in time, to play a crucial role in medical diagnosis.
A "killer" shrimp that feeds on native counterparts, young fish and insect larvae has been found at two sites in Wales, says the Environment Agency.
Nine firefighters from south Wales are to fly out to New Zealand to join the relief effort after the Christchurch earthquake.
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