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The newest giant panda cub at the Smithsonian's National Zoo was named on Sunday (Dec. 1) in a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Chaotic dark scars on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon may be a sign of vigorous currents in the ocean below, which could help sustain life     

Mice whose father feared a smell like cherry blossom reacted to the same odour, even though they had never come across it before     

The job of a materials scientist--to warp matter into new and useful forms--has historically involved a ridiculous amount of guesswork. That’s because the quantum-mechanical equations that... --

(GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Helmholtz Centre) An international research group lead by GFZ analysed the main shock as well as the following postseismic phase with a dense network of instruments including more than ...

(University of Oregon) With the help of a new method, University of Oregon scientists have provided new insight into how solar water-splitting cells work. An important and overlooked parameter, they report, is the ion-pe...

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) "BGU welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with Elion," says Professor Pedro Berliner, the director of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research. "The ...

I just squeaked over the word limit for NaNoWriMo today, more formally known as National Novel Writing Month. It takes place every November and people around the world try to put down 50,000 words in 30 days. I’ll admi...

The orchid mantis, whose flowery disguise comes complete with legs shaped like petals, is even better than flowers at luring insects. This is the only animal in the world known to look like a flower blossom in order to a...