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The oldest known evidence of Lyme disease may lie in ticks that were entombed in amber at least 15 million years ago, scientists announced.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he would unveil the Dragon V2 spacecraft on May 29, and SpaceX will host a Dragon V2 Unveil live stream on Thursday starting at 10 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. PDT). While the Dragon was designed for unmann...

Assembling a future robot could be as simple as heating it up. Two new studies demonstrate how 3D-printed robots could fold into shape and assemble themselves after being exposed to heat.

Frequent viewers of pornography tend to have smaller brain volumes in certain regions associated with reward and motivation, a new study found.

It's important to ground your house. But you? Not so much. Image by Ali_K I'm amazed at the lengths that some people will go to in order to make a dishonest buck. I mean, wouldn't it be easier just to start a legitimate ...

In the grasslands and floodplains of southern Africa, conservationists found a 300-mile (500 kilometers) zebra migration -- the longest known trek of any land mammal on the continent.

Here's what you need to know about the 2014 hurricane forecast.

Himalaya from the International Space Station NASA Here's a roundup of the week's top drone news, designed to capture the military, commercial, non-profit, and recreational applications of unmanned aircraft. Bottle Servi...

Advances in exponential technology happen fast -- too fast for Singularity Hub to cover them all. This weekly bulletin points to significant developments to keep readers in the know. Here's a clever new use for 3D printi...

A group of amateur astronomers whose mission was to take control of a decades-old NASA spacecraft say their efforts to communicate with the defunct probe succeeded, scientists announced Thursday.

Cosmic inflation, nano-optics, memory and cognition are among the topics to earn recognition --

A perfect storm of shifting demographics, dwindling oil and poor health could ultimately leave an independent Scotland worse off than the rest of the UK

Dragon V2 Interior SpaceX Last night, SpaceX unveiled the Dragon V2 capsule, destined to eventually carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Although the previous version of the Dragon capsule was flightworth...

Tough and tiny zircon crystals have ruled out another volcano as the source of ash used to make Maya pottery, deepening this long-running archaeological mystery.

The U.S. military may soon begin using long-range Global Hawk drones to spy on North Korea and China. The drones arrived at a military base in Japan on May 24, 2014.

Pour a glass of soda or champagne and you're likely to see a multitude of frothy bubbles, though the foam will quickly vanish. Pour a glass of beer and the foam will last much longer. --

The US is hoping to shock China into talks over its industrial cyber espionage programme, says foreign relations expert Fred Kaplan

The United States military may soon begin using long-range surveillance drones to spy on North Korea and China. Over the past week, the U.S. Air Force stationed two unarmed Global Hawk drones at Misawa Air Base in northe...

After working to protect senior officials in Afghanistan, Navy veteran Troy Van Beek decided to defend global security in another way. He and his wife, Amy, started a renewable energy business in Iowa. Their enterprise i...

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Older mothers have a greater risk of having children with autism, and changes in molecules attached to DNA, a process called epigenetics, may be responsible, researchers have found.

Plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is finding its way into albatross nests – and can prove lethal to their young