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The edge of our sun's influence may appear different than expected.

A one-year-old West Highland Terrier and a four-year-old Rottweiler have produced a rare crossbreed dubbed the "Wottie." Facebook Joey and Zara are proud new parents to what may be a new crossbreed of dog: the Wottie.

The sequencing of 400,000-year-old human genetic material is a "breakthrough," says the study's lead author. The DNA, which may belong to an as-yet-unknown hominid, also sheds light on a close relatives of Neanderthals c...

The results of a DNA test of a 400,000-year-old human thighbone are complicating what we thought we knew about human evolution. The bone, found in a cave in northern Spain known as the "Pit of Bones," is the oldest human...

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explore, WISE, has observed two supermassive black holes at the center of a distant glaxy. WISE discovered the circling black holes and additional observations confirmed the discovery an...

The Old USB ed g2s The USB 3.0 Promoter Group, which is a group of tech companies that promotes USB, has announced that the next USB plug specification is currently being developed. The new plugs and receptacles will be ...

Nearly two years after being launched, the Singularity Hub Membership program has drawn together a unique group of entrepreneurs, futurists, researchers, and tech enthusiasts committed to learning more about the exciting...

Famed climate scientist James Hansen and colleagues from a diverse array of disciplines, including economist Jeffrey Sachs, make the case that warming needs to be kept below the widely cited figure of 2 degrees Celsius, ...

A new DNA test can predict how long women with ovarian cancer will survive, and guide personalized treatment decisions, according to new research.

In one of the most shocking tales of survival-at-sea ever told, a man lived for almost three days inside a sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean.

This week on The Physics Central Podcast I'm talking about Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Mr. Snuffaluffagus. No, not the muppets: the neutrinos!In the November 22 issue of the journal Science, the IceCube neutrino experiment...

A World War II-era Japanese submarine that had been captured and intentionally sunk by U.S. forces was discovered earlier this year in its watery tomb. The massive submarine, lost underwater since 1946, was found off the...

New research suggests that some Neanderthals kept a tidy home. Scientists say they found a strategically placed hearth and separate spaces for butchering and tool making during excavations at a cave in Italy where a grou...

It seems there's almost nothing computers can't simulate these days: Now, a new computer program simulates human birth using 3D virtual reality. The system could help doctors and midwives prepare for unusual or dangerous...

The sounds of icebergs calving make the oceans a noisier place, which could make it more difficult for whales and other cetaceans to hear each other's calls, new research suggests.

A classic equation to estimate the number of detectable alien civilisations has been rebooted as a tool for finding asteroids worth mining for resources     

Adding the human touch to web searches can handle vague, complex or visual questions that stump conventional search engines     

Marine wildlife experts are scratching their heads over what to do about a pod of 20 to 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves in a remote area of Florida's Everglades National Park. According to The Associated Press, ...

After examining 2200 tissue biopsy samples from humpback whales that breed and feed around the North Pacific Ocean, five distinct genetic groups emerged     

Voyager 1 sent back 'tones' recorded by a plasma wave instrument showing the change as the craft crossed over from the heliosphere to interstellar space.

Valley girl-style "uptalk" is, like, totally on the rise, y'know? According to a recent study of Southern California college students, an increasing number of young men are adopting the lilting rise at the end of sentenc...

A dense crystalline rain falling into Earth's mantle could explain how a mysterious seismic boundary called the Moho forms beneath the crust.