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You wouldn't think that mechanical force -- the simple kind used to eject unruly patrons from bars, shoe a horse or emboss the raised numerals on credit cards -- could process nanoparticles more subtly than the most adva...

Detail Of Small Arms Of WWI Collaborative Project Detail from the larger image. At the center is the Colt/Browning Model 1895 machine gun, used by the Dominion of Canada and the Kingdom of Belgium in World War I. C&Rsena...

Its wingspan matches a Boeing 747, every square inch covered in solar panels. A quarter of its weight is dedicated to energy storage. It flies day and night without a drop of conventional fuel. Top speed? 87 mph. Fast as...

In the remote deserts of southern Africa, scientists have discovered a new mammal species, which resembles a mouse but carries genes that are related to elephants. The new species of round-eared sengi, or elephant shrew,...

A new study of deep ocean sediments has helped scientists determine why ice-age cycles became longer -- switching from 41,000-year cycles to 100,000-year cycles -- and more intense nearly 900,000 years ago. According to ...

With a mission to Mars in mind, NASA will once again attempt the launch of a high-altitude balloon carrying the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle to the edge of space on a flight originating at the U...

Confirmed: That Was Definitely the Higgs Boson Found at LHC — you know, in case you were still wondering. Related: New result from LHC strengthens the case that the Higgs interacts with both... --

Monkey faces, lights at night and penguin poop stains -- just a few of the most amazing images in Science this week

In quantum physics, momentum and position are an example of conjugate variables. This means they are connected by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, which says that both quantities cannot be simultaneously measured prec...

People who start eating more fruits and vegetables won't necessarily lose weight, a new study finds.

An outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is now the largest in history, but how likely is it to spread to the United States or other countries around the world?