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Inventors: do this to gadget chargers immediately. One of the biggest problem with wires? They break. Enter these self-healing wires from North Carolina State University. The wires have a liquid-metal core and polymer sh...

Brett Gooden's new book traces the evolution of spacewear through the ages.

Because you've always wanted to see your doctor through an iPad. Robots are taking over the world. Robo-nurses have been around for a while, but in the quest to make healthcare more efficient, another medical robot could...

Watch the first sighting of a seal's underwater eating habits spotted by a teenager watching a live video feed

A 26,000-year-old carved ivory head of a woman is not just an archaeological find - a new exhibition in London wants us to see works like this as art

Amid a season in which the flu is spreading at an exceptional rate across the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine that can get to the people who need it quicker than conventional vaccin...

The comparison between Earth-side mountain exploration and the planned expedition by the Mars rover Curiosity came to my mind as I read a book my family got me over the holidays: Last Climb, the story of the legendary Mo...

Forget the Pole Star: on moonless nights dung beetles use the Milky Way to follow a straight path with their dung ball

DNA analysis has yielded the first direct evidence that chemical marks which disable genes in response to stress can be passed on to offspring

Play soccer, knock over some dominoes, and more activities you and Mirror You can enjoy. "Smart" floors that monitor your movements might not be practical for a while yet, but this one seems like a lot of fun. The Gravit...

And it is not vulnerable to evolved resistance. Drug-resistant bacteria present a couple types of problems--they don't die when attacked with typical antibiotics, and they form slimy, hard-to-remove colonies called biofi...

The way we use maps is evolving fast, says Kat Austen, and it will change a great deal more than how we navigate (full text available to subscribers)

Fossilised faeces in ***lington, confusing railway notices, organic water, and more (full text available to subscribers)

A group of dolphins was caught on camera as they worked together to keep a struggling dolphin above water by forming an impromptu raft

Hibernating Arctic ground squirrels drop their body temperatures to '4 °C, and shut their circadian clocks off for the winter

The ongoing collapse of Greece's economy has caused a significant fall in air pollution, which can be detected by satellites

Armour that is designed like the scales of the dragon fish could keep soldiers protected - while still letting them bend

The job of the immune system is to protect against disease.