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Stegosaurus' distinctive features make it one of the most recognizable dinosaurs.

Consider the garage, a storage unit for houses across America. What do they all have in common? A few automobiles, probably a lawn mower and a tangle of cords, a heap of chargers and a stash of batteries to power all the...

Six seismologists are being sent to prison, after supposedly assuring the residents of a town that it would not be struck by an earthquake

Pachyderm hair help heat travel away from the skin, increasing heat loss by up to 20 per cent

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The death toll from fungal meningitis caused by contaminated medication has risen to 23, but the problems behind the scandal are far from unique

The knowledge that we will die profoundly shapes our lives – but the nature of death itself is elusive and changeable

Stories of beluga whales "talking" were once dismissed as sailor's tales, but now there is hard evidence that they really can do it

Curing or even finding treatments for rare diseases is hard. Not necessarily because these diseases are any more complex than more common ones. It has more to do with the fact that there is very little profit to be made ...

The demise of one of the leading makers of batteries for electric vehicle leaves the industry's future in doubt

Prepare to alter your reality: the Fifth Annual Machinima Expo, a festival that showcases real-time animated films, will be held November 16-18 in the avatar-populated world of Second Life. While other film festiva...

The first samples from Antarctica's vast subglacial lake reveal no life, but microbes may lurk deeper in the lake

The notion that a home entertainment center must be in your actual home is antiquated. With an off-the-shelf adapter and a few apps loaded onto an Android phone or tablet, users can stream movies, TV shows, and videogame...

A software visualisation of eBay trading, created for the Zero1 Biennial festival, shows how companies' records are a window on ourselves

A system listens to your pulse and plays songs that get your heart rate pumped up for a workout

With the help of 3D biological printers, Craig Venter plans to email vaccines, which could have implications for treating disease outbreaks

Machines that make gasoline from air face major efficiency and environmental challenges before going mainstream

Watch how a pig carcass is reduced to bones underwater in a pioneering experiment to gain insight into how human bodies decompose

Rocks, mud and debris kill tens of thousands more people than previously realised. Time for action on this neglected global hazard, says Dave Petley