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When Superstorm Sandy hit New York a year ago, it caused a massive, 14-foot storm surge. Nine out of the city's 14 subway tunnels beneath rivers flooded, and the subway was shut down for days. But the Metropolitan Transi...

Properties, sources and uses of the element hassium.

A new activity tracker claims to be able to analyze what you eat using a sensor on the wrist -- no food diaries needed -- but experts are skeptical of the claim.

A self-adhesive memory card designed for use in flexible gadgets could one day be used like a bendy flash drive for transferring data     

Is there an element of surveillance which an individual may find acceptable - or even desirable?

One Of Blackbeard's Cannons Recovered Today Until today, this cannon hadn't seen air for 295 years. North Carolina Department Of Cultural Resources In 1718, legendary Caribbean pirate Blackbeard sank his ship, Queen Anne...

The unprecedented nature of Hurricane Sandy -- which struck the East Coast one year ago this week -- led to a significant health and mental-health impact that continues today, experts say.

Pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis, develops when the transparent membrane, or conjunctiva, lining the eyelid and the white part of the eyeball gets inflamed. You can get pink eye from someone else if their bacterial...

The United Nations working group will share information about dangerous asteroids and help decide on the best course of action if one threatens the planet     

Pictures taken through a microscope have obvious value scientists, but photomicrographs, as they are called, can be appreciated as objects of beauty in their own right. This week, Nikon will announce the winners of their...

By overcoming a widely used Turing test, a new program seems to have taken a big step in artificial intelligence     

Amazing images come from the 2013 Nikon Small World Competition.

Engineers test new technique to get more juice from grapes. Originally published: Oct 17 2013 - 2:30pm, Inside Science TV By: Marsha Lewis, ISTV Contributing Producer The wine industry has come a long way, from exclusive...

A year after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City, some of the trees that were damaged by the storm have been repurposed for public use, in an art exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a public playground in Pro...

-- CERN And Oxford Instruments Collaborate On Magnet Development -- Physicists aim to make transition to quantum world visible -- 5 Unanswered Questions that Will Keep Physicists Awake at Night -- CERN receives the Princ...

Hurricane Sandy toppled thousands of trees across New York City. In one corner of Brooklyn, two new installations have been built in the past year to put some of the downed trees to use.

From the soulless Jewish monster created from soil to the cannibal ghouls of Native American cultures, here are several spooky ghost traditions from around the world.

Imagine you order a delivery of several glass vases in different colors. Each vase is sent as a separate parcel. What would you think of the courier if the parcels arrive apparently undamaged, yet when you open them, it ...

Scientists studying US climate models have identified an atmospheric circulation pattern that signals a higher risk of extreme heat spells. The pattern's occurrence indicates only that a US heat... --

Though it may be unsettling to humans, the act of eating feces, or coprophagia, is a common behavior among dogs. But why do dogs eat poop?

All the latest on newscientist.com: the one-in-four hole in the heart, honour amongst babies, wild weather, Craig Venter, entangled toy universe and more     

The company behind Android's first porn app store has now done the same for Chrome -- using the latest tech to protect user privacy.