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The climate record from the Peruvian glacier Quelccaya is as near to perfect as we can get.

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Watch an artificial material made up of tiny droplets fold up like living tissue

Gamers, designers and photographers have innovative treats in store when the Leap Motion 3D gesture-sensing computer interface is launched next month

The genome of one of the most abundant turtles on Earth gives clues to their longevity and ability to survive without oxygen during hibernation

Regional differences in how Google autocompletes search queries reveals what users are searching for around the world

We can 3D print the very small--check out these mindblowing nanoscale creations--but what about the very big? If a few bold architectural startups have anything to do with it, we may soon see the first 3D printed homes. ...

Robotic automation has long been the domain of manufacturing. But of late, robots have made an often entertaining and sometimes gimmicky leap to restaurants in China, Taiwan, Japan, and increasingly the US. Please accept...

A new study that should help assuage concerns shows that giving children multiple vaccines on the same day does not increase the risk for autism. How persuasive the study will be to doubting parents, however, is anybody'...

Capable of sensing people over a large area, this radar can find and track people hiding in the desert. A military sensor with a movie villain name is helping law enforcement agents nab people trying to enter the United ...

Tackling rising oceans with style Scientists estimate that the sea level will rise 9 inches or more by 2030, up to more than 6.6 feet by 2100. In anticipation of a far wetter world, French architecture firm Sitbon Archit...

Prepping for space with a super-cold vacuum It's cold up there in space, so before the James Webb Space Telescope gets sent up there, NASA scientists are putting it through its paces, locking parts of it in a vacuum and ...

In 15 minutes, this device can identify biological threats in a sample of blood. This cube could detect a biological threat in a sample of blood in less time than it takes to commute home. Funded by a grant from the Nati...

-- First hint of dark matter detected by space station -- Q/A: What is dark matter? And how do we know it exists? -- Dark matter: tantalising hints detected in space -- Strong hints of dark matter detected by space stati...

Everyone's breath contains a distinctive set of metabolic compounds, so breath tests could be used to detect and monitor disease

See the Curiosity rover's parachute flapping in the wind on Mars

Pyongyang says it will reopen a facility used to make weapons-grade plutonium and that US aggression will be countered with nuclear weapons

The problem that Stephen Hawking spotted around black holes has made a fiery return. Anil Ananthaswamy reports on how it threatens quantum theory and gravity (full text available to subscribers)

If a freeze-drying method showing promise with cow eggs works for human ones, women need only add water and sperm to produce an implantable embryo

The promise to fill the gap between short-term weather forecasts and long-term climate predictions is still unfulfilled. Let's change that

Obama's financial backing for nuclear power must be reinforced by tougher economic incentives and better technology