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Fossils discovered in the Moroccan Sahara and a partial skull and other remains that have been in museum collections for as long as a century have led researchers to conclude the Spinosaurus was the first truly semiaquat...

A potential way to treat muscular dystrophy directly targets muscle repair instead of the underlying genetic defect that usually leads to the disease, researchers say. Muscular dystrophies are a group of muscle diseases ...

In the film Minority Report, PreCrime police combine psychic premonitions with search and surveillance technology to prevent murders before they occur, resulting in a homicide-free society. Could a similar approach ultim...

Can people really ramp up their brain activity to compensate for the protein clumps associated with Alzheimer's disease?

ISS resupply vessels need protection from speeding debris --

Can a robot learn right from wrong? Attempts to imbue robots, self-driving cars and military machines with a sense of ethics reveal just how hard this is

From strange aquatic dinosaurs to more to the story of Stonehenge, here are the most interesting stories we found in Science this week.

(University of North Carolina Health Care) UNC researchers discovered how two genes -- Period and Cryptochrome -- keep the circadian clocks in cells in proper rhythm with the 24-hour day. The finding has implications for...

(DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) A comprehensive look at how tiny particles in a lithium ion battery electrode behave shows that rapid-charging the battery and using it to do high-power, rapidly draining work m...

(Wiley) Health policies which favour using ranibizumab for treating eye disease in older people over safety concerns for a cheaper alternative should take account of a new Cochrane Review published today.