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A simple interactive video game you can play on a tram or a train carriage will make your journey pass more quickly - and help make new friends too

The human heart is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body via the circulatory system.

Duplicated images in a research paper have sparked worries that the journal Cell may have been hasty in its peer review process

A tiny channel of canals directs water away from where it shouldn't be. We've seem some neat ideas for water-repellant materials that suggest sweat stains will one day be as dead as dial-up. Here's one more: Researchers ...

It charges eight batteries and two USB devices at once. Battery chargers are finally getting a military upgrade. This is big! Not in a literal sense--that honor goes to the previous battery charger used by the U.S. Army,...

A series of hydroelectric dams on the river, to be constructed from 2015, could generate twice as much energy as China's record-breaking Three Gorges dam

It's got a wind tunnel! Also: a zero-gravity spa! Last week, the U.S.-based consortium Mobilona unveiled plans for this crazy building: a futuristic "space" hotel filled with stuff you associate with ideas about the futu...

China is planning to shut live poultry markets in some cities for good, and studies show the H7N9 bird flu virus can spread through the air in ferrets

The discovery in mice of a protein central to itchy sensations could lead to new treatments for eczema, psoriasis and other persistent skin complaints

The crew aboard the International Space Station managed to snap these three striking images of Alaska's Pavlof Volcano a few days ago, which capture (via their oblique angles) just how far these plumes can stretch and ho...

In a major counterterrorism address today, President Obama is expected to announce a significant shift in the drone policy that has been the cornerstone of his war on terror. At 2 p.m. ET today, President Obama will addr...

Our technology can get us to space, but once there, we still aren't too flexible. Earth orbit is clogged with debris because we simply don't have an easy way to clean it up. According to the European Space Agency (ESA) t...

You may have heard Google wants to absorb your wallet into your smartphone. But these days, slimmer is better. So how about making the wallet disappear altogether? Paytouch wants to link credit cards to fingerprints. Wha...

Archiving artifacts from the sea, a natural history museum preserves precious data for scientists.

How'd they do it?

Geneticist Paolo Gasparini is exploring the ancient Silk Road to find out how important our genes are in shaping what we can taste and what we like (full text available to subscribers)

Infrared eyes and remote pilots have a lot to offer forest firefighters. Remote-controlled drones are much better at flying through smoke than human pilots: their infrared eyes can track the edge of a fire even through t...

Cotard's syndrome is the belief that your brain or body has died. New Scientist has the first media interview with someone who has come out the other side

After a series of false dawns, the world's first commercial wave farm is to open soon. Will this be a fresh start for the technology?

A poetic lament on the demise of the exoplanet-hunting space telescope is a reminder that contemplating the universe isn't just for scientists