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A new study says volunteer efforts to map the lunar surface had results that were similar to professional astronomers with up to 50 years of experience. The crowd-sourced mapping mission indicates the effectiveness of ci...

The fossilized skull of a 28 million-year-old whale may be the oldest evidence paleontologists have of echolocation. According to analysis of the new species of toothed whale, Cotylocara macei looked similar to modern-da...

On March 20, a 45-mile wide asteroid will pass in front one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The process is called occultation and may be the source of some great night-time viewing experiences.

Spectacular images of shrinking glaciers in northeast Greenland.

The tiny world went on a serious diet in its youth, shedding about 11 kilometres of its original width as it cooled     

Biologists claim to have used nanomaterials to enhance plants' ability to harness sunshine. It could lead to a new class of bionic materials     

Amyloid plaques, a hallmark of diseases like Alzheimer's, may have catalysed life's metabolic reactions billions of years ago, long before enzymes appeared     

Humans aren't just being replaced by robots, particularly as job descriptions adapt to new divisions of labor: A growing number will find themselves working alongside the droids. The situation raises some thorny legal is...

This week is Science we found creepy ancient masks, ostracod babysitters and the physics of lassos.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) This study may lead to more efficient water-desalination systems, fundamental understanding of fluid flow.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers find that nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives.

(American Chemical Society) Leftover cigarette smoke that clings to walls and furniture is a smelly nuisance, but now research suggests that it could pose a far more serious threat, especially to young children who put t...

(American Chemical Society) A waste product from making paper could yield a safer, greener replacement for the potentially harmful chemical BPA, now banned from baby bottles but still used in many plastics. Scientists ma...