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A small study found that women with diverse microorganisms in their birth canals were more likely to give birth before their babies reached full term than women with less microbial variety.

Scientists want to make computers into better storytellers, but to do that they have to teach the machines a tricky element: suspense. Now researchers believe they've taken a big step forward.

In 2016, the out-of-pocket spending limit for anyone in an insured family would be set at $6,850. Employers say that would be a costly change for plans that set caps based on total family spending.

A closer look shows hackers got nearly three times the taxpayer data originally feared.

Like a lot of machines, tractors are increasingly run by computer software that has proprietary locks. But if farmers break those locks to fix their John Deere, they are also breaking the law.

The group Black Girls CODE holds summer boot camps that teach basics of app design and development. The nonprofit aims to inspire more girls to reach for a career in high-tech.

Many residents on Kos feel sympathy for refugees that have arrived on their shores, but locals also worry that the crisis could destroy the tourist industry which provides the bulk of their income.

The Army says two female lieutenants in their 20s will graduate from Ranger School this week. Ranger training is some of the toughest in the Army, physically and mentally.

Open a cookbook from the Gilded Age, and you just might be surprised by what our forebears passed around the table.

Officials said there were "credible reports" that one team intentionally lost a game to prevent another team from advancing. To settle the matter, those teams faced each other in a playoff.