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Mars Terraforming Mars would involve adding water and an atmosphere, potentially turning the Red Planet into a Blue Marble. Science photo library/Getty Images The recipe for creating a habitable planet turns out to be su...

Microscopes don't exactly lie, but their limitations affect the truths they can tell. For example, scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) simply can't see materials that don't conduct electricity very well, and their high ...

University of Adelaide research may help in the fight against terrorism with the creation of a sensor that can detect tiny quantities of explosives with the use of light and special glass fibres.

Magnetic devices like hard drives, magnetic random access memories (MRAMs), molecular magnets, and quantum computers depend on the manipulation of magnetic properties. In an atom, magnetism arises from the spin and orbit...

Astrophotographer Amit Ashok Kamble captured two spectacular views of our Milky Way galaxy from Pakiri Beach in New Zealand. See how the space photographer created the amazing galaxy views here.

The Earth rises spectacularly as a tiny blue dot above the moon in a new photo that hints at the vastness of space and the fragility of humanity.

That feeling of foggy thinking can make work or social relationships difficult. Lack of sleep and stress are well known to interfere with clear thinking, but there are other reasons for brain fog too.

Four spacecraft and one ground-based observatory recorded the eruption of a powerful X-class solar flare on March 29, making it the best-observed such event in history, NASA officials said.

In a recent debate over the question of life after death that was part of the Intelligence^2 series, a neurosurgeon and a medical doctor argued in support of the proposition "death is not final", while a neurologist and ...

Couples trying to get pregnant may seek out a lot of advice, but not all of it is true. Here are seven common misconceptions about fertility.

A computer simulation of the human body could be used to simulate the effects of new drugs and treatments before they are given to real patients.

A new algorithm can track influenza in the U.S. in real time.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, captured an image of the sun emitting a mid-level solar flare on Thursday morning, the space agency announced. SDO sees M5.2 solar flare on Thursday. NASA/SDO

Global sea level could rise between 10 to 13 feet if a relatively small mass of ice currently corking an Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt with warming sea water.

A £50 system that recognises where you want to go could offer a life-changing way for people who can't move their arms and legs to get around

U.N. goals whittle child and maternal death rates; computer solves word problems so you don't have to; the Milky Way gets an MRI; making fuel out of nothing.

"Get your mechanized mitts in the air!" — Spider-Man to Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 Sony Pictures) Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and appearing initially in a story by Lee with... --

Across the United States, abusive puppy mills persist

One of 24 newly described wasps has a taste for moth juice and the name of a late-night talk-show host

Mother's Day is a time to reflect on all the ways our mothers have affected our lives. But what about how motherhood changes mothers themselves?

Motherhood does strange and fascinating things to the body and brain, from turning mom into a genetic chimera to altering her very neurons. Here are five strange and wonderful scientific facts about moms.

Over the past two decades or so, there has been increasing interest and development in measuring slow dynamics in disordered systems at the nanoscale, brought about in part from a demand for advancements in the food and ...