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To be a multi-planetary species, Musk believes we have to develop fully reusable rockets. If every rocket launched 1,000 times, instead of just once, capital costs would plummet from $50 million to $50,000 per launch (no...

The places on Earth at which you would be heaviest and lightest have been revealed by the most comprehensive map yet of Earth's gravitational variations

As UK protests against fracking continue, new research concludes that fracking-related processes triggered over 100 small quakes in Ohio in a year

Astronomy research often beats out other physics fields for headlines in the popular media, but does the general public understand these articles? A recent survey conducted at a science museum aimed to answer that questi...

This famous ship beat up another famous ship 201 years ago today. On the afternoon of August 19, 1812, about 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the USS Constitution knocked the masts off the British warship HMS...

Seriously, try not to see faces in these images. By using a special type of film that takes a physical impression of moving water, photographer Moses Hacmon created these totally astounding images. He calls the series "F...

Applications like Leap Motion will soon change how we interact with computers. Here's how.

The Balancer is a widget for Google's Chrome browser that keeps track of the political leanings of your surfing history - and suggests ways to even things out

-- How Do Particle Accelerators Work? Physicists Explain -- Toronto researchers contribute to new understanding of neutrino oscillations -- Upgraded LHC Super-Collider Takes Shape With CERN Engineers Replacing Dipole Mag...

If computing power is to continue making giant leaps, chips need to talk to one another. Is it time for the second digital revolution, asks Douglas Heaven (full text available to subscribers)

A 5-kilometre-high plume of ash towers over Mount Sakurajima, one of the world's most active volcanoes

Twelve-year-old electronics prodigy Quin Etnyre wanted to make education more fun. So he became a teacher. Quin Etnyre walks to the front of a crowded room at Deezmaker 3D Printers and Hackerspace in Pasadena, California...

An exhibition on manufacturing's future and an evangelical book on nanotechnology highlight that the directions we'll take are very much up for grabs

Wouldn’t it be nice if sensor networks using radio frequency (RF) signals for monitoring air quality, the structural integrity of bridges and roads , and traffic or weather... --

To pave the way for rapid interstellar travel, NASA propulsion researcher Harold "Sonny" White plans to manipulate space-time in the lab

Academics and medics being unjustly jailed in Turkey and elsewhere need the support of their peers around the world, says Carol Corillon

Testosterone is a male sex hormone that is important for sexual and reproductive development.