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A new species of prehistoric flying reptile has been discovered in a vast graveyard of dinosaur fossils in southern Brazil. The newfound species, Caiuajara dobruskii, belongs to an ancient order of winged creatures known...

A shipwreck in the Baltic Sea has revealed artifacts as well as a Selters bottle that shows traces of alcohol, most likely a gin or vodka, say researchers.

The Ebola virus, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives in West African nations in its latest and worst outbreak, has a unique mechanism that nullifies the human body's first response to any viral infection, according t...

A dolphin wearing a "critter-cam" is heard to utter a squeal upon echolocating, then eating, a fish in murky water. Researchers believe dolphins and whales squeal with delight, much like human children, upon successfully...

China welcomed the birth of the world's first known surviving panda triplets, a rare event for the endangered, bamboo-loving bears.

Actor Robin Williams was experiencing the early symptoms of Parkinson's disease before he committed suicide on Monday, according to news reports.

A Chinese zoo shared photos of a rare trio of giant panda cubs. The pictures show the triplets resting in an incubator while their mother recovers from the birth.

The instant noodles commonly known as ramen may increase people's risk of metabolic changes linked to heart disease and stroke, new research finds.

Mark Harris sees adoring crowds, fire jets and glitter bombs usher in the finalists at the world's most prestigious esports tournament

Lucid dreamers know they are dreaming and can sometimes even change the plot of their dreams. New research suggests that these people may have stronger insight compared with others, even when awake.

The arapaima is the largest fish in the Amazon River basin. These incredible freshwater fish can measure 10 feet (3 meters) long and weigh more than 400 pounds (180 kilograms).

Water grids are ruinously expensive to build and maintain. Treating wastewater in the home is a practical alternative - if we can get over the yuck factor (full text available to subscribers)

From their origins in the 1940s as sequestered, room-sized machines designed for military and scientific use, computers have made a rapid march into the mainstream, radically transforming industry, commerce, entertainmen...

"Kilobots" are tiny robots that self-assemble into target shapes.

The steady melt of glacial ice around the world is largely due to man-made factors, such as greenhouse-gas emissions and aerosols, a new study finds.

Like an army of miniature robots with a highly effective drill sergeant, 1,024 coin-size machines can race into meticulous formation to create three-dimensional shapes.

In the largest display of collective robotic behavior, "Kilobots" have been programmed to create 3 distinctive shapes. The robots have vibration motor and infrared lights to communicate with one another.

A team of researchers led by the University of Chicago has developed a technique to record the quantum mechanical behavior of an individual electron contained within a nanoscale defect in diamond. Their technique uses ul...

NOAA remote operated vehicles (ROV) observed thriving fish and invertebrate communities around coral colonies. Never before-seen corals and other animal species flourish here, but evidence of the fishing industry's devas...

The NASA spacecraft caught seven grains of dust that probably originated beyond our solar system – and now scientists have analysed them on Earth

The world's largest robotic swarm can autonomously form complex 2D shapes like stars or letters of the alphabet

When other predatory fish quit stalking their prey to look for easier targets, lionfish just keep on killing.