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Curiosity rebooted its software on Thursday, shortly after its handlers had uploaded new flight software to the 1-ton rover. It was the first time Curiosity had experienced such a fault-related reboot since landing on Ma...

A monthlong underwater research mission led by Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the celebrated oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, has been postponed until the spring.

Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual -- these aren't the only sexual orientations that exist in today's world. Pansexual is characterized by physical or romantic attraction to others, regardless of their gender identity or...

With lethal injection drugs in short supply, state prison systems are turning to untested methods and questionable suppliers     

Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men is the fragrance of choice for field biologists. Beyond luring romantic partners, the masculine blend also attracts cats and other animals to remote cameras in the jungle.

If the Food and Drug Administration's proposed ban on trans fat is carried out, consumers likely won't notice much change, even though their foods will be healthier, experts say.

A newly funded U.S. project will use tethered kites underwater to tap ocean currents and tidal flows.

Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University are studying how their movements could be used to design more agile and fuel-efficient unmanned underwate...

Biologists use Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men to attract wild animals like this African golden cat posing for a camera trap in Uganda's Kibale National Park.

In a hotly anticipated decision, a blue-ribbon panel of experts today declared that One World Trade Center in New York City is the tallest building in the United States. For the height-obsessed, here's a list of some of ...

If any rocky planets beyond the solar system host microbes similar to the ones on early Earth, we should be able to spot their telltale purple hue     

Invisibility cloaking is no longer the stuff of science fiction: two researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have demonstrated an effective invisibility cloak that is thin,...

Despite their almost incomprehensibly small size -- a diameter about one ten-thousandth the thickness of a human hair -- single-walled carbon nanotubes come in a plethora of different "species," each with its own structu...

For solar panels, wringing every drop of energy from as many photons as possible is imperative. This goal has sent chemistry, materials science and electronic engineering researchers on a quest to boost the energy-absorp...

Researchers have identified some of the underlying physics that may explain how insects can so quickly recover from a stall in midflight -- unlike conventional fixed wing aircraft, where a stalled state often leads to a ...

A computational method to quantify the adsorption of gas by porous zeolites should help labs know what to expect before they embark upon slow, costly experiments, according to researchers at Rice University.

Home testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV) may help detect cervical cancer in women who would not otherwise be screened by a doctor, a new study suggests.

Backpack Bridge courtesy Utah State University The Problem If U.S. Special Forces agents need to scale a wall, traverse a canal, or cross between rooftops, they typically use an everyday 40-pound aluminum ladder. That me...

The Food and Drug Administration's recent announcement that trans fats could be phased out means that some popular food products may need to be reformulated in the future to comply with the law.

A popular luxury car option might be part of the solution to unexplained traffic jams. Image credit: Alexandre Dulaunoy via flick Rights information It happens to everyone. You are cruising down the freeway -- at the spe...

For women, sex during hookups may not be as pleasurable as it is in a committed relationship, a new study suggests.

Yes, most humans opt for the escalator over the stairs or the fatty food over the health food, but the truth is, cavemen would have too if given the choice. Here are five day-to-day decisions cavemen never had to make, w...