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The Pentagon's zombie attack plan, the world's oldest living cat and the possibility of wormhole travel are just a hint at the most interesting Science stories this week.

The idea that eating certain foods make us feel better when we're down may be a myth, psychologists say.

It's not everyday you see a mouse with a mohawk. But that's what researchers saw while studying mice that had a genetic mutation linked to autism.

Among the infections that tend to come when the temperatures rise, some are mild while others can be deadly. From poison plants to "brain-eating" amoebas, here are five health hazards you should be aware of this summer.

Wireless energy transmission has been possible since Thomas Edison's time, and in the last several years, especially, with robots gaining mobility and electric vehicles building consumer demand, we've heard almost daily ...

Michael Lewis's bestselling book "Flash Boys" describes how some brokers, engaging in high frequency trading, exploit fast telecommunications to gain fraction-of-a-second advantage in the buying and selling of stocks. Bu...

In mythology, mermaids have existed for thousands of years. The first mermaid myths may have originated around 1000 B.C. And even explorers like Christopher Columbus are said to have spotted the half-woman, half-fish cre...

If you're staying connected to the office during your vacation this summer, here are 11 gadgets to make remote work a breeze.

(Joint Quantum Institute) Whole beams, not just particles, can be entangled. This, plus anomalous dispersion in 'fast-light' materials, allows signals be to 'advanced' over signals travelling in vacuum, at least in a lim...

The Creation Museum set up a new exhibit displaying an incredibly well-preserved Allosaurus skeleton. The specimen is valued at $1 million and the museum says the fossil, nicknamed Ebenezer, proves the existence of Noah'...

Hollow capsules that have a selectively permeable shell are promising candidates as tiny containers for molecules, particles or bubbles, and are becoming increasingly important in a wide variety of applications. But maki...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a previously unknown phase in a class of superconductors called iron arsenides. This sheds light on a debate over the interactions...