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The work of scientists trying to manufacture major human organs like the brain and heart in the lab has generated a lot of buzz, even though it will most likely be decades before the lab-grown organs are exact enough to ...

Sharks and rays are some of the world's most threatened animals, with a quarter of all species at risk of extinction.

Scientists have found an ancient tundra landscape preserved under the Greenland ice sheet, a discovery which, researchers say, has provided strong evidence that the formation has existed much longer than previously thoug...

Footage of what appears to be a meteor streaking across the night sky above northern Russia has surfaced on the Web over the weekend. Drivers with dashcams recorded the supposed fireball exploding over the town of Murman...

Despite some bad weather, Friday's SpaceX International Space Station commercial resupply (CRS-3) launch was a success. Carrying close to 2.5 tons of supplies, food and science experiments, the Dragon spacecraft is expec...

A strong magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor hit at 1:04 GMT and was centered 75 kilometers, or 47 miles, southwest of the to...

Peer review was introduced to scholarly publication in 1731 by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, which published a collection of peer-reviewed medical articles. --

If a crisis throws everyone offline, getting reconnected can be tougher than it looks, finds Hal Hodson

On Easter Sunday, Christians around the world will celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection, in which, according to the New Testament, Christ rose from the dead after his crucifixion.

Despite some human-like characteristics, elephants' mating behaviors are very different from our own.

A rapid imaging technique adapted from medical applications shows promise in the detection of nuclear materials --

Researchers from Cornell University and Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown how to switch a particular transition metal oxide, a lanthanum nickelate (LaNiO3), from a metal to an insulator by making the material les...

The ability to stick objects to a wide range of surfaces such as drywall, wood, metal and glass with a single adhesive has been the elusive goal of many research teams across the world, but now a team of University of Ma...

The adage "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it" may one day be obsolete if researchers at the University of Central Florida's College of Optics & Photonics and the University of Arizona...

The lunar eclipse, a time to reflect and the crash of a black hole are just the tip of the iceberg for this week's images.

Satellite observations may tie the ground's movement to volcanic eruptions.

Do you ever stay up late wondering if there really is a dog?

Chickens make lousy house pets (and bunnies take a lot of work) -- something to remember at Easter.

A furious debate has been raging for some years now between adults. Are you a Kindle lover or a devotee of the good, old-fashioned book?

All around the world many parents are preparing for Easter - possibly thinking of how Easter eggs will be hidden, how they will explain their delivery and perhaps bracing themselves for some challenging questions about t...

Dividing the day into hours, minutes and seconds is a recent practice with thousands of years of science and tradition behind it.

SpaceX has launched its third cargo mission to the ISS, carrying gear that includes robot legs, a collapsible garden and a microbes from a dino fossil