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Plus, 3-D printed rocket parts are looking pretty good these days. You knew it would happen. NASA is planning to send a 3-D printer aboard the International Space Station next year, The Guardian reports. 3-D printers' ab...

Unfortunately, global slingshot record-keeping is woefully remiss. In the above video, Jörg Sprave of The Slingshot Channel fires a 1-inch steel ball with an arm-braced slingshot, at a speed of 207 feet per second. It's...

For an out-of-this-world commute, you need a cool vehicle. With sky-blue LED lighting and seating for seven, the Boeing-made space capsule certainly fits the bill

Like a rainbow exploding, basically Wi-Fi is a series of invisible waves, streaming along through our houses and offices and planes. What would those waves look like if we could see them? Like these crazy exploding-rainb...

Only 33 per cent of eligible US girls are getting all the vaccinations to protect them from human papillomavirus, well short of the 80 per cent target

Go direct or take the scenic route? Whether you're taking a trip to the space station or into deep space, it's a dilemma for space travellers too (full text available to subscribers)

Find out why some residents of a drought-plagued state are welcoming a weed to their gardens--and their dinner plates.

Even crucial science doesn't necessarily translate into an exciting exhibition, to judge by Genome: Unlocking life's code, an exhibition in Washington DC

These powerful particle accelerators can fit on a desk

Males and females of most mammal species don't stay together for life, but many primates do. We now have a good idea what drove them to evolve monogamy

At least half of all species of alligator and crocodile supplement their meaty diet with the flesh of fruit, but is it because they eat fruit-loving prey?

Human stem cells from urine have been coaxed to develop into teeth inside the kidneys of mice