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People who play a musical instrument may tend to have better physical and mental health, studies have shown. Even taking up an instrument in old age may help, research suggests.

From the US to Sweden, moose are dying, and researchers worry that it is a sign that climate change will have a devastating effect on the world's northern forests     

Finding a giant oarfish on the beach is a rare occurrence, since the fish is a deepwater species that's rarely seen at all. Some are claiming that oarfish washing ashore is a sign that an earthquake will soon follow. Can...

Exactly what it means for a pregnancy to be "full term" is changing, doctors say.

Public opinion on pot legalization appears to have crossed a major threshold: For the first time, a Gallup poll found that a solid majority of American adults supports making marijuana legal.

A dung beetle in Africa has traded flight for galloping, picking up dried feces along the way.

Life is a DNA software system, genome scientist Craig Venter told a packed auditorium here at the American Museum of Natural History Monday night (Oct. 21). In his talk, Venter offered a longsighted view of the creation ...

Getting a flu shot may reduce the risk of major heart problems, such as heart attacks or unexpected chest pain, particularly in people with a recent history of such complications, a new study suggests.

How can you make roads safer for drivers? One company, known as Pro-Teq, is testing glow-in-the-dark material that can be sprayed onto roadways to help illuminate the way for night drivers.

Fires in New South Wales, Australia, have been stoked by record high temperatures and record low moisture, with gusting winds making flames unpredictable and dangerous. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the Blue M...

New observations from ESO's Very Large Telescope show for the first time a gas cloud being ripped apart by the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, as seen in this space wallpaper.

An upcoming app aims to make avoiding foodborne illness a little easier, whether at home or dinning out.

(Phys.org) --Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have successfully added a fourth dimension to their printing technology, opening up exciting possibilities for the creation and use of adaptive, composite ma...

A new catalogue produced by the European Space Agency gives sage advice on visiting extreme sites on Earth that mimic Mars or the moon     

In the tradition of Alec Baldwin and Sean Penn, Andean bears aren't afraid to stand up to the glaring camera lens of paparazzi. New images from a protected jungle in Bolivia show a group of the bears dismantling a camera...

A new analysis of a Martian meteorite claims some of the planet's missing carbon dioxide atmosphere disappeared into Mars itself.

Load And Charge HEVO Power New York City startup HEVO Power aims to make charging an electric car as easy as finding a parking place. The company, collaborating with New York University, plans to roll out a pilot project...

Load And Charge HEVO Power New York City startup HEVO Power aims to make charging an electric car as easy as finding a parking place. The company, collaborating with New York University, plans to roll out a pilot project...

When NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft zipped around Earth earlier this month, it peered back at our planet for a photo op. During this close encounter, the JunoCam snapped an image of Earth, released by NASA this wee...

Publishing all the scientific details, they say, might show terrorists how to create a bioweapon.

Researchers modeling how changes in air flow patterns affect wind turbines' output power have found that the wind can supply energy from an unexpected direction: below.

High school students are prototyping an easy-to-use door locking device for teachers.