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Spinach gave Popeye super strength, but it also holds the promise of a different power for a group of scientists: the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative fuel.

Physicists Sergei Filippov (MIPT and Russian Quantum Center at Skolkovo) and Mario Ziman (Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and the Institute of Physics in Bratislava, Slovakia) have found a way to preserve qua...

The birds of the American Southwest are as numerous and diverse as the multiple environments and landscapes upon which they carry on their daily life cycles.

The Southwest's underground water supplies are shrinking faster than they're being replenished.

On a September day in 1974, Capt. Harold "Buck" Adams set the world speed record in the U.S. military's SR-71 Blackbird aircraft. At the controls of the twin-engine supersonic plane, Adams flew from London to Los Angeles...

Eerie radio signals called whistlers have been detected from volcanic lightning for the first time.

A new virus that lives in the gut has just been discovered, and to the surprise of scientists, can be found in about half the world's population, according to a new study.

"To feel envy is human," German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said. However, research findings from a study conducted by psychologists in California suggest that even our canine companions might suffer an occasion...

At a time when scientists are unclear about the current location of NASA's Voyager 1, which began its journey toward interstellar space in 1990, a new study has proposed a test to determine whether the spacecraft has ind...

A forensic archaeologist unexpectedly found the oldest medical description of a near-death experience in a book from 18th century.

Camped on a glacier, Lisa Grossman meets a robot that could pierce the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa and check its hidden ocean for signs of life

Lying to friends and family members may seem like a quick way to lose their trust, but new research suggests this may not always be the case. Lying for the "right" reasons can actually strengthen some social bonds.

Although most natural and synthetic processes prefer to settle into equilibrium--a state of unchanging balance without potential or energy--it is within the realm of non-equilibrium conditions where new possibilities lie...

A computer algorithm that modifies images by mimicking the rules of natural selection can work with people to evolve novel works of art

Steven Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park' might need a little more revising -- a newly discovered dinosaur species offers hints that feathers were much more common among the ancient beasts than once thought.

A newfound plant-eating dinosaur that was equipped with feathers suggest most dinosaurs may have worn such downy coats.

More than a decade has passed since the completion of the Human Genome Project, the international collaboration to map all of the "letters" in our DNA. Yet, it's still unclear what percentage of the human genome is actua...

A new analysis suggests that the decline of wildlife fuels social unrest and slavery, but giving local people control over their local wildlife could help

New fossils suggest it was not just bird-like dinosaurs that had elaborate feathers – the other major dinosaur group had them too

Huge swaths of land, including homes and forests, were lost to raging fires in July 2014. Sy Stepanov of Chelan HD sent out his drones for a birds eye view of the destruction. Help fire victims here.

Four new images of supernova remnants celebrate the telescope's 15 years of awesome discoveries G292.0+1.8 G292.0+1.8 lacks a catchy name, but it's one of only three known oxygen-rich supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Mil...

Monkeys living in the forests around the city of Fukushima in Japan show lower blood cell counts than monkeys from northern Japan, and have detectable levels of cesium in their bodies, a new study reports.