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Properties, sources and uses of the element gold.

If you want broadband internet access, that is. The latest Pew internet survey, which is conducted annually (though not always with the same questions) was released today. It's an overview of the demographics of internet...

Speaking from the podium at the State Department briefing room today, Secretary of State John Kerry lambasted the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for firing rockets containing chemical weapon against a sub...

The Battlestar Galactica 'bot is 6-foot-4 inches of lazy Sunday activities Ukrainian crane operator Dmitry Balandin created this Cylon (a robot from the sci-fi TV series Battlestar Galactica) using $300 worth of plywood ...

As the prices for various types of sensors have fallen in recent years, businesses have found all sorts of uses for them. And anyone who's watched even one of Hollywood's forays into science fiction knows that one main u...

Sprint-A will be the first satellite designed to study planets from Earth's orbit, figuring out the conditions that let a world hold on to its atmosphere

Carrying just a few extra pounds, far from being a one-way ticket to an early grave, seems to deter the grim reaper (full text available to subscribers)

The most unloved, drab objects in all of space are fast becoming the new cosmic "it" objects, providing insights into exoplanets and a lot more besides (full text available to subscribers)

Extra nerd cred: the bottom looks like the moon For too long, skateboarding has been the domain of cool kids. This geeky 3-D printed skateboard brings the pastime to nerds. Artist Sam Abbott designed the board and entere...

Evidence of ongoing violence is captured in satellite imagery It might not make headlines any more, but violence in Iraq rages on, as evidenced by this image snapped from space. This picture, taken with a NASA satellite ...

Why did the public love James Lovelock's Gaia theory so much while scientists hated it? The Gaia Hypothesis by Michael Ruse gets to the heart of the question

Adults lose teeth due to poor hygiene, aging, disease or accidents. Traditionally, prosthetics are used to replace part or all of a lost tooth. But wouldn't it be better if we could simply regrow lost or damaged teeth? A...

There are all kinds of programmes and products designed to help us "detox". Do we need them and do they work? (full text available to subscribers)

Space archaeologist Beth O'Leary has long advocated protecting the Apollo lunar landing site. Now there is a bill in the US Congress that proposes to do just that

Many parents are utterly convinced that eating sugary foods makes their kids bounce off the walls. They're wrong (full text available to subscribers)

Only seven machines and two months! And the structure still isn't big enough for people. Womp womp. We've seen some neat plans for 3-D printed architecture. But completed buildings? Those are a little more rare. Which ma...

Forget Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. It is government that should be credited for backing wealth-creating technology, says economist Mariana Mazzucato

This myth just won't go away, but the truth is no one even knows where it came from. And why pure water, not tea or juice? (full text available to subscribers)

The infamous NASA tool bag lost in space during a November 2008 International Space Station (ISS) maintenance mission left the crew with one less grease gun and no way to replace the missing tool.... --

Bone-chilling photographs of the Siberian city Yakutsk, where winters hit -40 °C, have prompted the creation of an extreme cities exhibition

From the August archives of New Scientist: how we learned to say "tsunami", battling back the sea, and the downside of a perfectly smooth Earth