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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured September 10th, 2014's X1.6-class flare and ensuing coronal mass ejection (CME).

Natasha Schüll is a cultural anthropologist who explores questions at the nexus of human-machine interaction, but she looks forward to the day when the hard and soft sciences can work together.

The world of car racing is about to go green. The first-ever racing series featuring only electric cars will begin this weekend in China.

Matt Rutherford, filmmaker and former producer of Charlie Rose, first met Salim Ismail at a birthday party in San Francisco. Over a beverage and some tech talk, the conversation turned to a new project Ismail was involve...

Good news for shark lovers: This weekend, new international laws will go into effect to strengthen protections for five shark species that are threatened by overfishing.

High-dose opioid prescribing increased by 23 percent in Canada between 2006 and 2011, despite clinical guidelines recommending that most patients should avoid high-doses of these drugs, according to new research.

More than half of patients receiving a new liver can be "fast-tracked" to return to a surgical ward room following their transplant, bypassing a one- or two-day stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a liver transplant t...

Ordinary people can commit atrocities simply by following orders, iconic 1960s experiments concluded - but this notion of the "banality of evil" is wrong (full text available to subscribers)

An earthquake that rattled remote parts of Alaska and northwestern Canada in July triggered an avalanche that spilled mounds of snow down a steep mountainside.

A new type of human stem cell, never seen in nature, should be better at making replacement organs than existing stem cells

The spectacular 2002 collapse of Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf was caused by surface melting.

NASA scientists practising for a future satellite mission chanced across a magnitude 6 earthquake rearranging Arctic terrain

Abandoned lots in cities may seem like a waste of space, but the ecosystem services they provide can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars

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Physicians envision a future in which genomic data from patients is heavily used to manage care, but experts have questioned the accuracy and reliability of these analyses. Now, a study by 150 researchers in 12 countries...

(Phys.org) --From cyanobacteria to humans, many terrestrial species have acquired circadian rhythms that adapt to sunlight in order to increase survival rates. Studies have shown that the circadian clocks in some organis...

Dark energy's latest guise comes from the world of string theory, and could help bring our universe's chance of existing down to reasonable odds

Curiously large dust grains may contribute to development of bodies in space.   The Orion Nebula, courtesy of NASA Interstellar space can be a dusty place, filled with tiny flecks no bigger than a bacterial cell.But now...

While much of the media this week was obsessing over the latest gadget rollout from Apple, a handful of great stories made their way through the noise and showcase how technology is shifting the cultural fabric in surpri...

Rising supplies of natural gas could benefit the environment by replacing coal as a fuel for electricity, but hydraulic fracturing poses dangers for people living near the wells, a new analysis finds.

Cartilage plays an active role in the destruction and remodeling of joints seen in rheumatoid arthritis, rather than being an 'innocent bystander' as previously thought, researchers report.

Brain inflammation can rapidly disrupt our ability to retrieve complex memories of similar but distinct experiences, according to scientists. The study specifically identifies how immune system signaling molecules, calle...