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Denizens of Florence, Italy will have a brand new 2.5 acre forest smack in the middle of their city by the end of 2013. You might think that's a city with its priorities straight. But the forest didn't require the sacrif...

A common blue pigment used in the £5 note could have an important role to play in the development of a quantum computer, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature.

Usually, the weather can't be predicted beyond five to 10 days. A new study has found a particular pattern of atmospheric circulation precedes heat waves by about 15 to 20 days.

A mystery blob, scorpion-eating mice and trees of gold? Time for the most interesting stories we could find in Science!

(Geological Society of America) Fracking is in the headlines a lot these days, and everyone has an opinion about it. But how much do we really know for certain about the oil and gas extraction technique and its health ef...

(Geological Society of America) As the U.S. makes new plans for disposing of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste deep underground, geologists are key to identifying safe burial sites and techniques....

(Geological Society of America) Just days before Hurricane Sandy hit the New York and New Jersey coastline on Oct. 29, 2012, scientists from the City University of New York's College of Staten Island had produced the mos...