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The discovery 30 years ago of soccer-ball-shaped carbon molecules called buckyballs helped to spur an explosion of nanotechnology research. Now, there appears to be a new ball on the pitch.

More than 18 dinosaur skeletons illegally taken from Mongolia were formally returned to their homeland during a ceremony in New York last week, U.S. authorities announced.

Americans' interest in low-sodium foods has declined slightly in recent years, and may continue to drop in the future, according to new research.

Unhealthy foods like white bread and crackers cause the wing deformity, which inhibits the birds ability to fly, and can result in death. The Humane Society of the United States strongly advises not to feed wildlife.

The Game Innovation Lab at NYU-Poly has developed playful digital interaction devices that they call the "Fidget Widgets".

Boeing Long Range Strike Bomber Concept Art Boeing The U.S. Air Force is quietly ramping up spending on a future bomber, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service published earlier this month. The Air F...

Looking to capitalize on the anticipated burgeoning space tourism industry, U.K. officials have announced plans to build a commercial spaceport in the British Isles. Government officials will disclose the potential space...

Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from a theoretical model created at Rice University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that predicts how carbon components will perform.

People unsuspectingly choose friends who share parts of the same DNA, a new genetic analysis finds.

Archaeologists have unearthed a small iron pin used to screw a false tooth into the mouth of ancient Celtic woman.

On a ranch in northwestern Sonora, Mexico, archaeologists have discovered 13,400-year-old Clovis points mingled with bones from an extinct elephant relative called the gomphothere.

Photos of 13,400-year-old Clovis points and gomphothere bones that were discovered on a ranch in Sonora, Mexico.

Areas of the brain responsible for producing speech movement light up in babies' brains month before they say their first words

The temblor that shook Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year was one of only six supersonic earthquakes ever identified --

A sixth-grade student's science fair project led to the discovery that erythritol, a sugar alcohol in Truvia, may be a human-safe insecticide.

The British Royal Navy christened its newest and largest aircraft carrier earlier this month, in a special ceremony led by the next-generation vehicle's namesake: Queen Elizabeth II.

Chemists have made the famous soccer ball-shaped molecule using a new element that allowed an unexpected atomic arrangement --

Publish or perish.That's the mantra many young researchers live by as they compete to establish their early scientific career. But not all publications are treated equally in the world of academia.Some journals are consi...

Drone And Flag Josh Noone flies one of his custom-built aerobots over the main field for an aerial group photograph. Privacy rights concerns have caused the FAA to get involved with drone regulations, and amateur pilots ...

In the 1960s, eugenics was reinvented as behaviour genetics, but soon went back off the rails. Aaron Panofsky's Misbehaving Science explores what happened

New research shows stress may make people burn calories more slowly, suggesting a high-fat comfort food may be the wrong way of coping with stressful events.

An incredibly rare sighting of a Mediterranean monk seal shows how it captures and eight-legged lunch