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After years of rejected attempts, labs in Japan and Russia have each announced new rounds of proof for the elusive super-heavy element

Scientific agencies have helped the state improve its knowledge of tsunamis and its responses to them. They can teach you and help you respond, too.

Implants that melt away in the body and biodegradable gadgets could be built by coating electronic circuits in silk

A past merger seems to have left the galaxy Centaurus A with twin tentacles – the first evidence of spiral structure in an elliptical galaxy

Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.

Their home has been invaded, their queen killed and they have been forced to rear the offspring of their enemy, but these ants are fighting back

Peat bogs help keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, so a new project aims to rebuild them by scattering beads of moss

Watch a secret message appear in a digital display after fingers are waved in front of it

In Afghanistan, polling stations that were told their voting results would be photographed were far less likely to have their votes tampered with

Genetic material from a fetus can cross the placenta and blood-brain barrier and remain in a mother's brain for decades

A robot that is being taught to sing duets with humans could reveal the nature of creativity, thought to be linked to consciousness

A carving of the Buddhist god Vaiśravana was fashioned from what is probably a chunk of the Chinga meteorite

Salty groundwater is ruining almond crops in the Central Valley, and scientists expect sea level rise to worsen the problem. This video is part of the Heat and Harvest series, co-produced by KQED and the Center for Inves...

France threatens to suspend imports of GM maize as animal feed if its food agency can confirm study claims that it gives rats cancer

The University of Notre Dame has received a five-year, $6.1 million award from the National Science Foundation to support the nationwide QuarkNet program, which has inspired teachers and students alike for 15 years. Ferm...

New images of rounded stones hint at an ancient stream of ankle- to hip-deep water rushing through Gale Crater at about a metre per second

Straight men are programmed to love breasts so that they'll play with them during sex, which triggers the woman's maternal bonding circuitry.