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The next generation of light-manipulating networks may take their lead from designs inspired by spiders and leaves, according to a new report from two Boston College physicists and colleagues at South China Normal Univer...

Physicists are continuously advancing the control they can exert over matter. A German-Spanish team working with researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg has now become the first to ima...

Uncork a bottle of champagne, and as the pressure of the liquid is abruptly removed, bubbles immediately form and then rapidly begin the process of "coarsening," in which larger bubbles grow at the expense of smaller one...

There are many complex reasons why people decide not to accept the science of climate change. The doubters range from the conspiracy theorist to the skeptical scientist, or from the paid lobbyist to the raving lunatic.

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne scientists take a significant step in our understanding of superconductivity by studying the strange quantum events in a unique superc...

Like fingerprints or DNA, the bacteria on a person's pubic hairs are distinct and could help forensic experts identify sexual offenders in rape cases, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Investigative G...

NASA scientists unveiled the first data sets from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2.

The large carnivores of Europe -- such as bears, wolves, lynx and wolverines -- are experiencing a resurgence, even in nonprotected areas.

First, try not to think about what alien life might be like. Then wonder whether we have any chance of finding it (full text available to subscribers)

Get ready to see Leonardo da Vinci as you've never seen him before. A new film about the Renaissance genius's life opens in select theaters on Friday (Dec. 19).

The original Renaissance man had a few well-kept secrets.

Despite a high human population density, Europe is seeing a resurgence of large carnivores such as wolves, lynx, bears and wolverines.

Fool's gold helps preserve the bodies of some of the world's oldest animals. Sulfur-eating bacteria in the ocean helped the process of fossilization along.

This Christmas, instead of wishing for reindeer on the roof, consider wishing for wild reindeer to get some much needed help.

Using a new technique called 4D printing, researchers can print out 3D structures that are capable of changing their shapes over time.

Air and sea temperatures in the Arctic continue to rise at more than twice the rate of global air temperatures, shrinking snow cover on land and summer ice on the ocean, according to a new report released by the National...

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The long winter nights are upon us -- what better way to pass the evening than by doing your bit for science? Best part is, you can still watch that favorite holiday movie.Last week we featured a podcast all about the po...

The permafrost in most of Alaska's national parks could disappear by the year 2100, new research suggests.

An activity exploring everyday thermodynamics --

Four groups stood out as the worst for science in 2014.

From Elon Musk's tweet that artificial intelligence may be more dangerous than nuclear weapons to the growing clamor of voices warning robots will take away our jobs, it is clear...