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The head of Uruguay's National Drug Board says the government will track every legal marijuana plant in the country using radio frequency tags, among other rigorous standards planned for the country's legal marijuana ind...

The technology to make lunar missions routine is on the horizon, says Astrobotic CEO John Thornton.

Even though spoked wheels and pneumatic tyres were invented in the 1880s, bicycle design hasn't really changed a great deal in the time since - at least, at face value.

Crows are the Einsteins and Da Vincis of the animal kingdom. Studies show that certain crows have an uncanny ability to remember human faces, use tools to complete some tasks and can even anticipate future events. And ac...

The European Space Agency's comet-hunting Rosetta satellite woke up from hibernation on Jan. 20. While the satellite is still far away from its target, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, it did manage to observe the object...

Tufts University engineers have demonstrated that it is possible to generate nanostructures from silk in an environmentally friendly process that uses water as a developing agent and standard fabrication techniques. This...

There is something about a ROOMBA, the robotic floor cleaning device, that inspires us to put things atop of them for a ride for our entertainment, including babies, cats in shark costumes, and my... --

Researchers at the University of Michigan, led by electrical engineer Zhaohui Zhong, have devised a way to capture the infrared spectrum that is no longer dependent on the cooling that makes infrared goggles so cumbersom...

From stunning lightning to endangered Malaysian snail beauties, here are our favorite Science images this week.

From uncovering the graceful dances of fiddler crabs to innovating for the study of fish anatomy, women trailblazers helped guide conservation research in the last century.

After initial water escaped into space, the rest froze.

Homosexuality is common in nature, including amongst some of humans' closest relatives.