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Sick penguins, Pinocchio the dinosaur, and so many more cool science stories this week!

Uncanny balls of light are flying around a Norwegian valley. After three decades of detective work, we could be close to solving the mystery (full text available to subscribers)

A recent study found that the musky rat-kangaroo -- the tiniest kangaroo species on Earth -- can only survive in tropical rainforests, habitats that some scientists say are threatened by global warming.

Right there in the grainy films of the first successful guided missile launches -- achieved, alas, by the Nazis at the height of World War II -- you see it: ...

Lucid dreams, in which people are aware of and can control their dreams, are rare. But now scientists have found they can induce this weird state of mind in people by zapping their brains with a specific frequency of ele...

Passing an electric current through the skull helps people to lucid dream – a technique that could explain the difference between human and animal consciousness

Powerful winds spinning around Antarctica are partially driven by global warming, and they are dragging vital rain away from Australia

Researchers have managed to capture the emotions in novels and translate them into music. The work could transform the way people interact with literature, and lead to applications in information visualization.

Animal mothers employ some strange tricks to raise their young.

Nintendo is facing a storm of criticism over its decision not to allow gamers to play as gay characters and form same-sex relationships in the life-simulation game Tomodachi Life.

(Newcastle University) Evidence the Earth's mantle beneath Antarctica is so 'runny' it is moving the land above it at a rate that can be detected by GPS.

(University of East Anglia) Research from the University of East Anglia reveals that community-led sustainable energy projects are not being taken seriously enough by the government.The research team looked at 12 small-s...

(Case Western Reserve University) Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other...

An Ecuadorian freighter ran aground off the Galapagos island of San Cristobal on Friday, but the Galapagos National Park Service says it doesn't pose any threat "for the moment," reports AFP. The freighter is reportedly ...

Researchers have again linked the unexplained decline in honey-bee populations worldwide, a phenomenon known as colony-collapse disorder (CCD), to a certain class of insecticides called neonicotinoids. Furthermore, new r...

A plant species that "eats" metal was recently discovered in the Philippines, and scientists who identified the iron-stomached plant say it could help clean up the environment.