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Hidden in the Norwegian forest, this huge steel web can sense the inaudible rumble of a nuclear blast or a meteor strike half a world away

Scientists explore the final frontier: dark matter -- New particle detector could reveal universe's missing antimatter -- Stephen Hawking says 'God particle' could wipe out the universe -- How astrophysicists are turning...

The Atlantic Ocean's hurricane season hit its peak on Wednesday, marking the end of a largely lackluster first half. The relatively calm waters will continue in the second half, subdued by the early signs of an El Niño ...

Scientists have identified three new species of prehistoric squirrel-like mammals known as haramiyids that lived in China during the Jurassic period. The long-extinct species, which were about the size of mice but had lo...

Claims that a woman in England found deadly spider eggs on her bananas might be bogus.

The Apple Watch enters fitness-tracker territory by offering ways to monitor daily exercise and heart rate, but the device doesn't necessarily mean the end of trackers like Fitbit.

How some of the more popular bands and smartwatches compare for exercise and fitness features.

Research could founder or flourish if Scotland leaves the United Kingdom, depending upon whom you ask --

The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye.

Healthy coral reefs, known for their brightly colored spiny and soft layers, provide a boon for sharks swimming through Australia's Great Barrier Reef, reports a new 10-year study that captured sharks on video camera.

Iceland's Bardarbunga volcanic eruption captured from space.

Using their Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS), the Australian Institute of Marine Science recorded several different varieties of shark. In total 21 shark species have been identified.

A novel mode of defense against bacteria, such as the causal agent of tuberculosis or Staphylococcus aureus, has been identified in humans by studying a small, aquatic flatworm, the planarian. This discovery highlights t...

Older men who lead high-stress lives are likely to die earlier than the average for their peers, new research shows. The study looked at two types of stress: the everyday hassles of such things as commuting, job stress o...

Consumption of 2 or more servings of fish per week was associated with a lower risk of hearing loss in women, researchers have found. "Acquired hearing loss is a highly prevalent and often disabling chronic health condit...

One of the two lost ships of the legendary Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic has finally been found.

Canadian authorities have released amazing images of a shipwreck discovered in the Arctic. The vessel is believed to be one of two lost ships from the Franklin Expedition, which set sail in 1845.

Innovations resulting from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields have positively touched nearly every aspect of human life. --

Extinct squirrel-like creatures from China suggest the earliest mammals originated more than 200 million years ago, much earlier than previously thought. The furry, tree-dwelling creatures would have lived on the lost su...

A 24-year-old woman has discovered that her cerebellum is completely missing, explaining some of the unusual problems she has had with movement and speech

Forget indoctrination, people become foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq for far simpler reasons: politics, persecution and peer-group pressure

The gibbon genome contains weird bits of DNA that have been completely reshuffled. This dramatic rewriting of genes may have created new species of gibbon