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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...

Nearly one-third of cases of Wilms tumor, a pediatric cancer of the kidney, are linked to a gene called Lin28, according to research. Mice engineered to express Lin28 in their kidneys developed Wilms tumor, which regress...

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...

In the latest episode of "Cosmos," host Neil DeGrasse Tyson explores the tiniest particles that make up the universe. In the "Deeper Deeper Deeper Still" preview clips, Tyson hunts for elusive neutrinos and the distant, ...

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.

In a new study, researchers have taken the first steps toward creating a roadmap that may help scientists narrow down the genetic cause of numerous diseases. Their work also sheds new light on how heredity and environmen...

Extreme and traumatic events can change a person -- and often, years later, even affect their children. Researchers have now unmasked a piece in the puzzle of how the inheritance of traumas may be mediated. The phenomeno...

The mechanism that underlies the susceptibility of liver disease patients to life-threatening infection has been uncovered by medical scientists, who have also suggested a possible treatment to reverse immune suppression...

All cancer-causing processes leave a distinct mutational imprint or signature on the genomes of patients. Researchers have found a major piece of biological evidence to support the role a group of virus-fighting genes ha...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that pelvic floor exercises can be effective in treating premature ejaculation in men who have had lifelong problems. Premature Ejaculation (PE) affects a significant min...

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.

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