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A huge ancient species of crocodilian, which preyed on turtles and fought with monster snakes in the rivers of the world's oldest rainforest millions of years ago, has been offered a scientific name in a new study conduc...

Many ailments, such as irregular heartbeats, can be treated by electrical stimulation within the body. But current technology makes in-body devices, such as pacemakers, very bulky because they need big batteries.

O3b Satellites mounted to launch dispenser Google recently hired O3b Networks Ltd's founder and chief technology officer. This is the kind of satellite they make. O3b Networks Ltd The tubes that make up the internet cove...

Koala bears cling to tree trunks in order to cool off on hot summer days, reducing how much they have to pant and saving precious water, new research finds.

Scientists have discovered that erythritol, the main ingredient in the artificial sweetener Truvia, is toxic to flies.

A test of patients' breath could reveal whether they have lung cancer and how advanced it is, or whether they suffer from chronic, noncancerous lung conditions, a new study shows.

A complete fossil skull of an 11-million-year-old worm lizard reveals that these bizarre creatures have evolved little from that time to today. Researchers used high-tech imaging to study the miniscule skull.

A man in Saudi Arabia who died from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) appears to have caught the deadly disease from a camel he owned, a new study suggests.

A little bit of a real-world science gets a brief flash on-screen during "Godzilla."

Need to learn a new language but would rather watch TV shows instead? A new software app called Fleex aims to let you do both at once

California brown pelicans almost completely failed to breed at their nesting sites in Mexico this year.

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can analyze the brainwaves of pilots and convert them into flight commands.

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay could reveal valuable information about neutrinos. Two years ago researchers began using a tank of liquid xenon installed more than 2000 feet deep in a salt formation in the ...

Haruko Obokata, the Japanese scientist who was accused of fabricating stem cell research, has finally agreed to retract both papers that described her work, according to news reports.

The National Park Service is launching a study to identify and commemorate sites and events important to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans.

Neutrinos are tiny, neutral elementary particles that, contrary to the standard model of physics, have been proven to have mass. One possible explanation for this mass could be that neutrinos are their own antiparticles,...

Mussels might be a welcome addition to a hearty seafood stew, but their notorious ability to attach themselves to ships' hulls, as well as to piers and moorings, makes them an unwelcome sight and smell for boaters and sw...

Today Saudi Arabia is reporting 100 more MERS cases than it did yesterday. Not because of a viral upsurge but perhaps because of changes at the health ministry

Quantum criticality, the strange electronic state that may be intimately related to high-temperature superconductivity, is notoriously difficult to study. But a new discovery of "quantum critical points" could allow phys...

There may be hope for people with desk jobs: A new kind of clothing aims to tone muscles and burn calories, and you don't even have to break a sweat.

The American chestnut tree is on the brink of a genetically engineered comeback. Evidence, not fear, must decide the US public debate

Illustrations by Chris Philpot Jose Salvador Alvarenga was fishing off the coast of Mexico in late 2012 when a powerful storm sent his boat adrift. Marshall Islanders found the battered vessel nearly 16 months later, stu...