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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.

Packaged Pleasures explores the sensual mass marketing that technological innovation in the 19th century make possible

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...

A Russian spacecraft is visiting satellites, raising fears it could be part of an anti-satellite programme – if it's not an inspection craft

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.

Chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescent imaging in animals. Such particles could help scientists to track specific molecules produced in the bo...

Vehicle inequities have a significant impact on survivability in head-on collisions, a study by a doctoral student in epidemiology shows. Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of unintentional life lost around ...

Beyond being a fun distraction, social network games can offer family members a meaningful way to interact and meet social obligations, a new study concludes. Researchers found that some online games offer families a com...

Most Americans don't get the daily recommended amount of fiber in their diet, though research has shown that dietary fiber can cause a shift in the gut toward beneficial bacteria, reducing the risk of colon cancer, type ...

A new article attributes ADHD's global growth to five trends: expanded, overseas lobbying efforts by drug companies; the growth of biological psychiatry; the adaptation of the American-based Diagnostic and Statistical Ma...

An investigational treatment for Marfan syndrome is as effective as the standard therapy at slowing enlargement of the aorta, the large artery of the heart that delivers blood to the body, new research shows. The finding...