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Angkor Wat in Cambodia is one of the largest religious monuments ever constructed.

In this edition of "Why I Do Science", we hear from Stephen Palumbi, a world-renowned marine biologist and director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.

The Red Bull Stratos team has postponed Baumgartner's attempt to break the sound barrier by jumping from a balloon at an altitude of 36 kilometres

Computer program can now map CO2 emissions from homes, offices and roads

A new smartphone app lets you control every gadget in your smart home, from TV to thermostat

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are animals worth seeing. With their bright white rumps and the rams' remarkable headgear, they bound and leap over seemingly impassable alpine terrain. But you may have a tricky time spotting...

Haroche and Wineland found ways to handle quantum objects without destroying them, paving the way for today's atomic clocks and quantum computing

How was the pharmacy that distributed a fungus-contaminated steroid allowed to engage in large-scale manufacture of prescription drugs?

The man who inspired Jurassic Park has now given us a 100-million-year-old amber fossil with a freeze-frame surprise inside: a spider poised to attack a wasp

Before Darwin, the study of animals was dominated by imagination and morality. Genetic engineering makes that true once more, argues Caspar Henderson

Most of Europe's nuclear reactors lack the means to handle a major event such as an earthquake or flood

Biologist and philanthropist Eric Peterson explains why the best way to do coherent, long-term research was to create his own institute on a Canadian island