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As the science advances, it's becoming increasingly possible to dispatch robots into war zones alongside or instead of human soldiers. Several military powers, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel and ...

It may seem like mosquitoes will bite anything with a pulse, but they're actually quite strategic in picking their victims. A new study looked at the interaction of different sensory cues -- carbon dioxide, heat and odor...

The system that allows the sharing of genetic material between bacteria -- and therefore the spread of antibiotic resistance -- has been uncovered by a team of scientists. Understanding the structure of the secretion sys...

A blood test that can predict with greater than 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease within three years has been discovered and validated.

For the first time, researchers have shown that an essential biological process known as protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells - something scientists have long struggled to accomplish. Many diseases, inclu...

Kinases are proteins that play vital roles in disease, but scientists have struggled to study how they interact in real time. A team of scientists has now developed a new technique to make these interactions occur and th...

When the earth below Bayou Corne, La., collapsed on Aug. 3, 2012, it created a hole nearly 750 feet deep and covered nearly 15 acres. The sinkhole caused a flurry of bad publicity for Texas Brine Co., whose operations in...

The sun can wreak a lot of havoc on Earth during its more active periods. Coronal mass ejections can send solar storms of charged particles that can lead to radio blackouts and geomagnetic storms. Fortunately Earth has a...

A Florida family was hospitalized after eating what authorities determined was a steak contaminated with LSD. According to the Tampa Bay Police Department, the bottom round steak purchased from Walmart caused the family,...

Stephen Wolfram Last month, Stephen Wolfram--scientist, founder of Wolfram Research, and the closest thing Big Data has to a rock star--unveiled Wolfram Language, a "symbolic" computer language more than 25 years in the ...

Researchers have found four new substances in the stratosphere capable of depleting the ozone layer.

The oceans became a lethal sulfuric-acid stew after the huge asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, a new study suggests.

Climate change is drowning Australia's surf, which could mean that by the end of the century, waves will be two-thirds of the size they are today     

The Montreal Protocol has largely phased out CFCs, chemicals which damage ozone – just who could be releasing the four types now detected is unclear     

A slew of new studies suggest the climate is highly sensitive to carbon dioxide, and explain why some recent work has said the opposite. New Scientist explains     

A silk dog outfit dating back to the declining days of China's Forbidden City reveals the posh lives of China's royal dogs.

A new exhibition featuring over 200 artifacts from China's Forbidden City will be opening on March 8, 2014 at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum.

Ideas for new wearable technologies, from a device that uses heart rhythm to verify a person's identity to a stylish handbag that can charge a phone, were part of a pitch competition on Saturday at tSouth by Southwest In...

Are you only searching job boards and LinkedIn to find employment opportunities? Check out some of these unlikely resources to enhance your search and land a job.

Women are getting a raw deal at work, and it's not their imagination. New research finds that women face more hurdles and have fewer opportunities at work then men.

In 2012, an estimated 660,000 people worldwide died from malaria, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite increased prevention and control measures that have decreased malaria mortality rates by more than 23 percent ...

Those hoping to replace Pluto with a new planet may be disappointed with the news about the hypothetical "Planet X." The gas giant looming in the outer reaches of our solar system was nowhere to be found in NASA's Wide-f...