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When Hurricane Sandy struck the Eastern Seaboard in October 2012, it left a trail of devastation and heartache in its wake. Now, the U.S. government is considering a multibillion-dollar plan to build artificial islands o...

Polymer materials are usually thermal insulators. But by harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researchers have developed a thermal interface material able to conduc...

"Cosmos" returns to Fox and in the fourth episode, "A Sky Full of Ghosts," Neil deGrasse Tyson explores how our view of the universe is shaped by light, time and gravity. For its heroes of science segment, Sir Patrick St...

How did we evolve from indigent apes with no possessions into hoarding humans with more stuff than we can track? Our urge to accumulate has deep roots (full text available to subscribers)     

The tomb, built for a scribe named Horemheb, contained the bones of more women than men, begging the question of whether Horemheb and his father or brother Ramesu had multiple wives at the same time.

Archaeologists have discovered a tomb in Egypt that would have had a pyramid at its entrance and held the sarcophagus of a scribe named Horemheb.

A smart patch that can be worn on the wrist could detect symptoms of Parkinson's disease or epilepsy and even deliver drugs     

Nanoscale layers in the shells of windowpane oysters could inspire see-through shields and visors that can take multiple bullet hits without shattering     

Having fewer copies of a gene that helps our bodies digest the starch found in carb-rich foods has been linked to obesity     

The average citizen may not feel that they have anything to fear from the rise of apps that promise to identify sex offenders in their area but they are part of a worrying trend.

Woolly mammoths with birth defects to west coast mudslides, these are the most interesting stories from Science this week.

(Arizona State University) Seeking to better understand the composition of the lowermost part of Earth's mantle, a team of Arizona State University researchers has developed new simulations that depict the dynamics of de...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) By harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researchers have developed a thermal interface material able to conduct heat 20 times bett...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers uncover the secrets behind a marine creature's defensive armor -- one that is exceptionally tough, yet optically clear.

It's no mystery that eating well and exercising benefits both our bodies and minds. For men, it can also help their sexual health stay in tip-top shape. New research suggests that guys who suffer from erectile dysfunctio...