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A human researcher floats near her ship recording a series of whistles from a nearby grey-skinned creature with great dark eyes. Amid the chatter, the computer recognizes a waveform and whispers a word into the researche...

A Japanese cherry tree whose days as a seedling were spent in space mysteriously bloomed far earlier than expected once back on Earth, prompting speculations that the "space tree" may have gotten a boost from some cosmic...

To hear gravitational waves - faint murmurs in the fabric of space-time - requires a place quieter than quietness itself. Anil Ananthaswamy pays a visit (full text available to subscribers)

The SpaceX International Space Station resupply mission will not be delayed due to an unresponsive computer. The Dragon spacecraft will carry 3,347 pounds of cargo to the ISS as part of the Commercial Resupply (CRS-3) mi...

The complexity of biology can befuddle even the most sophisticated light microscopes. Biological samples bend light in unpredictable ways, returning difficult-to-interpret information to the microscope and distorting the...

Scientists at Yale University have devised a dramatically faster way of identifying and characterizing complex alloys known as bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), a versatile type of pliable glass that's stronger than steel.

Strands of genetic material known as microRNAs could explain how what happens in your life can cause genetic changes and diseases in subsequent generations

Carbon storage has to expand rapidly, or coal burning has to cease, if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change --

Technical skills aren't the only things employers are looking for in new hires.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Chemical engineers at MIT hope smartphone-readable microparticles could crack down on counterfeiting.