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The pyramids of Egypt were constructed using millions and millions of large, granite and limestone blocks, some of which weighed between 25 and 80 tons. Reuters

Fishermen trawling for shrimp off the coast of Key West, Florida, were surprised when they hauled in an enormous 18-foot goblin shark, a deep-sea creature that is rarely seen by humans and that scientists know very littl...

3d printing houses, neighborhoods, and audio speakers; growing new cartilage in the lab; Congressional bipartisanship over online privacy.

Northwestern University researchers are the first to develop a new solar cell with good efficiency that uses tin instead of lead perovskite as the harvester of light. The low-cost, environmentally friendly solar cell can...

Japan and car manufacturing are pretty much synonymous with robots. Some of the most advanced and practical bots hail from the former and work in the latter. It may, therefore, surprise you to learn Japanese carmaker, To...

Injecting a blood protein called GDF11 reverses the damage caused by ageing in mice. And there are hopes a similar technique could work for Alzheimer's disease

Ancient giant crocodilians killed dinosaur prey by spinning their bodies in "death rolls," holding their prey tight with their mighty jaws and spinning their entire bodies to rip off flesh or tear off limbs, scientists n...

Constructing a pyramid, black holes and the atom smasher and what's lurking under Lake Huron -- just a few of the coolest stories in science this week.

(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) The melting of a rather small ice volume on East Antarctica's shore could trigger a persistent ice discharge into the ocean, resulting in unstoppable sea-level rise f...

(University of Exeter) Pioneering research, published in Nature Nanotechnology, has now developed a method to accurately measure the surface temperature of nanoscale objects when they have a different temperature than th...

(Northwestern University) Northwestern University researchers are the first to develop a solar cell with good efficiency that uses tin instead of lead perovskite as the harvester of light. The low-cost, environmentally f...

Sea life can be fascinating and terrifying at the same time. Some creatures look beautiful on the outside but harbor darkness within. Some of the scariest tactics of the deep sea go on display when these creatures eat.

A unique camera system is helping open the moon to next-generation exploration.