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Wildlife tourism generates conservation cash that many at-risk species now rely on to a startling degree. Curb it at their peril, warns Ralf Buckley

Forget quantum physics, forget relativity. Inklings of an ultimate theory might emerge from an unexpected place, says physicist Vlatko Vedral (full text available to subscribers)

If you are not getting enough sleep, your fat cells may malfunction, causing you to pile on the pounds

Blending a light-sensitive resin, an ultraviolet projector, and robotics to turn 3-D printing upside down. A husband-and-wife team has taken home the first Gehry Prize from the Southern California Institute of Architectu...

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Felix Baumgartner skydived to a picture-perfect landing from 24 miles above the Earth on Sunday morning, tentatively setting three world records—but not before a hairy two-hour ascent. Here’s what happened ...

A UK campaign group claims that vessels fishing illegally in Sierra Leonean waters are authorised to sell their fish in Europe

If you’ve ever struggled to imagine how life will change over the next century thanks to technology, take comfort — you’re not alone. Over 100 year ago, some French artists tried to do the same thing...

If there’s any indication that people are looking for exercise motivators, consider the employment outlook for fitness trainers, which is expected to be 10 percent higher than other occupations in the coming years...

Out of the wild In June 2008, a Dutch woman named Astrid Joosten left the Netherlands with her husband for an adventure vacation in Uganda. It wasn’t their first trip to Africa, but it would be more consequential ...

The arms race between dopers and testers will go on despite the shaming of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, says Chris Cooper

Historian Paul Johnson's Darwin: Portrait of a genius is a catalogue of gripes – including trying to blame Darwin for Hitler's use of the term "struggle"

Juvenile scorpions are tended by their mother – riding on her back, under the venomous sting – until they are big enough to survive on their own