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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.

Our bodies produce a family of proteins that recognize and kill bacteria whose carbohydrate coatings resemble those of our own cells too closely. Called galectins, these proteins recognize carbohydrates from a broad rang...

Scientists have merged stem cell and 'organ-on-a-chip' technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease. The research appears to be a big step forward ...

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 small electronics. Their supercap...

Bad bacteria could soon have no place left to hide, thanks to new materials that turn the cell's own defenses against them. Scientists have developed a technique that could locate the potential source of an infection by ...

A comprehensive study of associations between genetic variation and human metabolism will improve our understanding of the molecular pathways underlying common complex diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseas...

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: ...

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

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

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.

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine researchers showed for the first time that the protein Erbin is an important brake that helps prevent pathological cardiac hypertrophy. They show...

(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...

(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.

(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 ...

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.

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...