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The dusty surface of small asteroids is born by extreme temperature shifts between periods of sunlight and darkness, a cycle of drastic changes that break up space rocks over time, scientists say.

Wine in California, Coors in Colorado: New maps of Twitter users' alcohol preferences show the geography of beer and wine across the United States.

All that's gold does not glitter, thanks to new work by UC Irvine scientists that could reduce glare from solar panels and electronic displays and dull dangerous glints on military weapons.

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is wrapping up its scientific mission and will crash into the moon at the end of the month. The space agency is not sure when the lunar probe will create a ne...

Astronomers have conducted a new study of gamma-ray light from the center of the Milky Way galaxy that suggests that some of this emission could arise from dark matter, a hypothetical substance that is believed to make u...

Those who eat seven or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day cut their risk of death at any age by more than half, compared to those who don't get a full serving of the foods. The study was able to document the de...

Prevalent ankle fractures in postmenopausal women should be considered as osteoporotic fractures and taken into account in fracture-risk assessment, new research concludes. After vertebral fractures, ankle fractures are ...

Researchers have shown the results of a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of calcium supplements. The results do not support the hypothesis that calcium supplementation, with or without vitamin D, increases c...

Visualizing a safe place reduces operative pain, according to research. Nurses guided patients into a trance and found it helped patients cope with pain and anxiety during ablation of atrial fibrillation. "When the patie...

You already know sex sells. But, did you know it sold these things? A list of some unusual and unexpected sexy businesses.

The biggest physics news this week is the announcement of possible hints of dark matter in Fermi data, namely, a curious excess of gamma-ray light coming from the center of our galaxy.  Could... --

Smells of spring, a hungry volcanic island and the Antarctic twilight are just a few of the amazing science images we have for you this week.

While humans aren't good at reading guilt in animals, it doesn't mean dogs don't feel it.

What can be done to stop the disappearance of American hemlocks?

A new look at magnetic signals in the southeastern United States reveals that Florida stuck to North America's heel like a piece of old tape about 300 million years ago, when the central and southern Appalachian mountain...

As the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues, robot submersibles will likely be employed to scour the pitch-black ocean floor for signs of wreckage.

Originally Published: April 2, 2014 -- 4:00pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Joel N. Shurkin, ISNS Contributor(ISNS) -- In most hurricanes the greatest damage is done not by the wind but from the storm surge, the mounta...

Death is not distributed equally around the world. In high-income countries, people typically die in old age of chronic diseases such as cancer or cardiovascular problems. In low-income countries, death comes primarily f...

A 3-D model of the human malaria parasite genome at three different stages in the parasite's life cycle has been generated -- the first time such 3-D architecture has been generated during the progression of the life cyc...

A new psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary, rather than vice versa. Life scientists placed 32 female rats on one of two diets for six months. The first, a standard rat...

Scientists examined the telomere length of captive African grey parrots. They found that the telomere lengths of single parrots were shorter than those housed with a companion parrot, which supports the hypothesis that s...

A new genetic "signature" to identify prostate cancer patients who are at high risk of their cancer recurring after surgery or radiotherapy has been developed.