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The road uniting quantum field theory and general relativity - the two great theories of modern physics - has been impassable for 80 years. Could a tool from condensed matter physics finally help map the way?

Russia is using gun-toting robot sentries to defend its army bases and shoot intruders

A dutch student has taken the bold decision to sell all his data at auction. It's a decision that should make us think about the future of our own information.

(Phys.org) --The ability to control crystals with light and chemistry could lead to chameleon-style color-changing camouflage for vehicle bodies and other surfaces.

Recent news reports about how Florida's "stand your ground" law affected the number of deaths in the state have raised a few eyebrows, thanks to a strange statistical chart.

Watch live as a remotely operated vehicle explores debris and artifacts from one of the three mysterious shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photos of mysterious 19th century shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico.

This week on the podcast I chat with science writer Dan Falk about his new book The Science of Shakespeare. William Shakespeare lived in the thick of what we now call The Scientific Revolution: so did the scientific idea...

From Katie Couric and Laurie David (producer of An Inconvenient Truth) comes a revealing look at the food industry's stance on weight loss. Premieres in theaters on May 9th, 2014.

For much of the 20th century, many of the technological innovations that drove U.S. economic growth emerged from "idea factories" housed within large companies--research units like Bell Labs or Xerox PARC that developed ...

This video might change the way you look at quail eggs. A scientist who made a stunning time-lapse video of a growing quail embryo took home top honors in Nikon's 2013 Small World in Motion Competition.

A fully functional quantum computer is one of the holy grails of physics. Unlike conventional computers, the quantum version uses qubits (quantum bits), which make direct use of the multiple states of quantum phenomena. ...

Men have lost most of the genes originally included on the Y chromosome during evolution, but those genes essential for survival have persevered. These genes may contribute to differences between men and women with certa...

Faces from the Dataset Used to Test the Algorithm Described Below Labeled Faces in the Wild, University of Massachusetts It's already a little eerie when Facebook suggests tags for who it recognizes in your photo, especi...

Renewable energy could help underpin the grid now that the world's biggest concentrated solar storage plant is up and running in Arizona

Captured by Dr. Gabriel G. Martins of The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, this winning video shows a sequence of "virtual" slices through the whole embryo, revealing startling clarity and detail of such a large specimen...

Update 12:13 p.m. EDT: NASA reports Swanson and Mastracchio have successfully completed the spacewalk and replaced the unresponsive MDM at 11:32 a.m. EDT. Update 10:32 a.m. EDT: Swanson and Mastracchio have removed the f...

A ship that sunk near San Francisco's Golden Gate in 1888 has been rediscovered by NOAA. The City of Chester sits upright in more than 200 feet of water.

Certain female spiders are infamous for eating their partners after sex, but some actually pounce on suitors, fangs first, before mating ever occurs.

Improved cochlear implants that deliver genetic instructions to stimulate regrowth of auditory nerves could give people who are deaf the ability to enjoy music again, new research suggests.

She lived to 115, but a study of Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper's blood hints at factors limiting lifespan

Some effects of the long-lasting, sub-freezing temperatures are only now becoming apparent. One surprise was the discovery that starving rats in New York City had attacked the trees in urban parks for sustenance.