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The Egyptian pyramids are some amazing works of engineering. The biggest, the Great Pyramid at Giza, held the record for nearly 3,800 years as the tallest man-made structure in the world. What's astounding is that each l...

Music was key to Western teaching from Plato up to the 18th century. In Music and the Making of Modern Science, Peter Pesic claims it shaped today's science

A British nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone was flown to a London hospital Sunday night to receive care. The 29-year-old, known now only as William, is the first person with the...

Rice University researchers have created a CMOS-compatible, biomimetic color photodetector that directly responds to red, green and blue light in much the same way the human eye does.

Engineers at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have successfully piloted the world's first ZigBee-based inter-satellite communication system.

Findings from a physics study by a Kansas State University researcher are helping scientists accurately predict the once unpredictable.

On Aug. 24, 2014, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Bay area, near Napa, California. The quake caused more than 170 injuries, and damaged buildings and homes in the region.

Certain types of gut bacteria could ward off food allergies, according to a new study in mice.

Cyber Shield Course Two trainees participate in an Israeli Defense Forces cyber-defense course. IDF Spokesperson's Unit People lined both sides of Boylston Street, rounds of cheers going up as runners approached the end ...

Precise, gentle and efficient cell separation from a device the size of a cell phone may be possible thanks to tilt-angle standing surface acoustic waves, according to a team of engineers.

Heat is constantly flowing into space from the ground beneath our feet. Might we capture some of it to generate electricity? (full text available to subscribers)

Every day, 6.6 million gallons of tar-sands mining waste head to huge ponds in Canada -- and yet no one has a good handle on how well those ponds are contained.

NASA's Earth Observatory released a photo of a giant supercell thunderstorm that formed over North Carolina in May.

Buried under hundreds of feet of ice, Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has been shaking for more than a week now, but an eruption has yet to occur.

The Drone 3 In Flight I bet this would've caught Luke Skywalker on Endor. Malloy Aeronautics A white plastic robot zooms a hoverbike over the English countryside, grains blowing beneath the bike's four fans. The robot's ...

Human activity underground is permanently changing the Earth, and some geologists see it as more evidence the planet has entered a new epoch called the Anthropocene.

A strong, magnitude-6 earthquake in Northern California occurred Sunday on the West Napa Fault. The shaker highlights how both high-tech instruments and old-fashioned groundwork remain important in identifying an earthqu...

Seismic activity at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has eased following a series of earthquakes Sunday, the country's Met Office announced on Monday. Authorities are currently monitoring tremors at the volcano, after they ...

The American Heart Association issued a new policy recommendation that calls for tougher regulation of the access, marketing and sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.

This is a tale of memory, truth, technology, and, well, the future of humanity--but it starts in high school. If you went to high school in America, there is a pretty good chance you learned to write essays using the dre...

Deep-rooted preferences for firstborn sons in India lead to malnutrition in other children, says economist Seema Jayachandran

Findings from a physics study by a Kansas State University researcher are helping scientists accurately predict the once unpredictable.