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The Philae space probe was powered down earlier than expected, but not before an instrument discovered an organic compound that was first detected in the comet's atmosphere, the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported M...

Dutch cyclists can now pedal a path paved with solar panels. Larry Greenemeier reports.   --

While single-celled paramecia have the ability to respond to certain external stimuli, they appear not to use that sensory system for simple navigation, new research finds. The work suggests that the ability of paramecia...

Anyone who has ever carried a tray full of pint glasses without getting their feet wet knows that such a feat is hard work, but perhaps our sympathies should go out to the baristas in coffee shops instead. New research ...

Rep. Rush Holt on science in Congress: “There are some real frustrations. I’ll leave it at that” --

Knowing what time it is down to the very last sliver of a second is easy -- but only if you happen to have an atomic clock in your pocket.

From city design to economics, we can improve our models of complex systems if we embrace quantum weirdness, argue physicists Vlatko Vedral and Mile Gu (full text available to subscribers)

A striking new video from NASA reveals how the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide spreads across Earth in a single year.

A research team from Germany developed an analytical model to describe the structural dynamics of photoexcited thin films and verified it by ultrafast X-ray diffraction.

On a quest to design an alternative to the two complex approaches currently used to produce electrons within microwave electron guns, a team of researchers from Euclid TechLabs and Argonne National Laboratory's Center fo...

Using cocaine can damage the heart's blood vessels, but this problem doesn't show up on routine medical tests, according to a new study.

NEW DELHI -- India quarantined a person Tuesday who had been infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia but then determined by Liberian officials to be free of the disease. The patient, a 26-year-old Indian national who re...

The European Space Agency has announced that Philae has detected organic molecules on comet 67P – and there are many more scientific discoveries to come

Reality TV shows like "Survivor" sometimes depict people eating raw animals or wild plants. But don't try this at home.

Psychological stress may partly explain why women with heart disease are more likely to die from heart attacks than are men with heart disease.

A giant impact crater that formed in Ontario, Canada, nearly 1.8 billion years ago was formed by a rocky comet, new research suggests.

Oxford Dictionaries announced today that "vape" is its word of 2014, chosen over other buzzwords, including "normcore," "bae" and "budtender."

A mysterious species of glow worm has been discovered in the Peruvian rainforest.

A mysterious species of glow worm discovered in the Peruvian rainforest may lure prey in with their light.

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The Green Climate Fund to help poor nations adapt to climate change may reach its initial target of $10 billion by this week's deadline

“The future is already here -- it’s just not very evenly distributed.” This quote, credited to sci-fi writer William Gibson, is popular among futurists and technologists because it dismantles the notion that...