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China and India have both set their sights on Mars, with India launching a probe in November     

Researchers at MIT have succeeded in producing and measuring a coupling of photons and electrons on the surface of an unusual type of material called a topological insulator. This type of coupling had been predicted by t...

In this experiment, you will build a simple barometer and measure changes in atmospheric pressure.

Paul Sikkel and reggae star Amlak Tafari discuss the recent controversy of naming a parasite after Bob Marley.

The idea of using financial incentives in organ donation has been subject to heated debate. Now, a new study shows that using this strategy to address the shortage of kidneys would be less costly and more effective than ...

Engage with Simran Sethi and QUEST on social media in this conversation about lakes. #QUESTlakes

Two bird species common to parts of the northern U.S. have attracted the semi-morbid attention of scientists and engineers at Florida Atlantic University and the U.S. Geological Survey. Using carcasses of common loon and...

Like any task, there is an easy and a hard way to control atoms and molecules as quantum systems, which are driven by tailored radiation fields. More efficient methods for manipulating quantum systems could help scientis...

A lab-grown monkey cell and sugars racing through fat are among the highlights in this year's Nikon Small World competition for microscope photography     

Microelectromechanical systems, known as MEMS, are ubiquitous in modern military systems such as gyroscopes for navigation, tiny microphones for lightweight radios, and medical biosensors for assessing the wounded. Such ...

On June 4, meteorologists in Huntsville, Ala., noticed a "blob" on their radar screen that looked like a strong thunderstorm, despite sunny skies for miles. After some sleuthing, and several wacky explanations, the scien...

Fiercely carnivorous mice that attack and kill deadly scorpions feel no pain from their prey's sting, and new research explains why. In the mice, the venom blocks the pathway that would normally send pain signals shootin...

The grasshopper mouse is resistant to scorpion venom and doesn't even feel the pain of a sting that would kill other rodents its size. A study published in October 2012 in the journal Science reveals the venom blocks pai...

Genes drive the formation of a mouse's skull, but the final shape of the face is controlled by non-coding junk DNA     

A Roma couple in Greece have been charged with abducting a young girl who was found living with them last week. What made authorities suspect the girl wasn't Roma? Her blond hair and blue eyes.

A 3D map of stellar motion suggests that our galactic neighbourhood is undulating up and down, opening up a fresh cosmic mystery     

A prototype of Europe's planned ExoMars rover, dubbed Bridget by its control team, spent several days working in Chile as part of the Sample Field Acquisition Experiment with a Rover (SAFER) trial between Oct. 7 and 13.

Tula Instrument Design Bureau's ADS Russia Today Today in problems I didn't know existed: While there are guns that fire underwater, and guns that fire on land, there are very few that can do both. Introduced at an arms ...

Torrential rains in northern Colorado in mid-September created viscous flash floods that tore through mountain towns. Flood researcher Robert Brakenridge was among those stranded in Lyons, Colo.

Australian Boomerangs Guillaume Blanchard via Wikimedia Commons The boomerang is one of humanity's oldest heavier-than-air flying inventions. King Tutankhamen, who lived during the 14th century BC, owned an extensive col...

Through the “Snowmass” process, US particle physicists thoroughly considered the field’s most compelling unanswered questions and ways to realistically answer them. In the next 20 years, particle physicists have th...

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