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Stress and depression can take a dangerous toll on the health of people with heart problems, a new study finds.

Archaeologists could pull thousands of skeletons out of the ground in London over the next few weeks as they dig up the 450-year-old Bedlam graveyard to make room for a new train line.

Weather patterns drew a dividing line between West and East in the United States in February, according to NASA.

Archaeologists have uncovered a colorful and ancient tomb in Egypt, the second such discovery within one month, according to a statement released today (March 10) by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities.

The Apple Watch will have a number of health and fitness features, including activity tracking and reminders to get moving, but could the watch really make people healthier?

Forty years ago, Denise Kandel proposed that cigarettes could boost the chances of people using drugs like cocaine. She reveals how she finally got the evidence (full text available to subscribers)

To make way for a new subway station, archaeologists began excavating a graveyard beneath the streets of London. They expect to find about 3,000 graves from the 16th and 17th centuries.

A futuristic, 3D-printed violin is making its musical debut next month during the New York City 3D Print Week. The sound it creates promises to be unearthly -- instead of the traditional vibrating strings of an acoustic...

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris have identified a method for manufacturing longer-lasting and stronger forms of glass. Th...

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Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. A collaboration of scientists within the Sections of Biology and Physics of the Faculty of Science from t...

Proteins from salt-loving, halophilic, microbes could be the key to cleaning up leaked radioactive strontium and caesium ions from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant incident in Japan. The publication of the X-ra...

NASA's Curiosity rover has been stuck in place on Mars since February 27 after a short circuit triggered on-board safety alerts

A frequency comb source is a light source with a spectrum containing thousands of laser lines. The development of these sources has been revolutionary for fundamental science. It has allowed the construction of a link be...

Countless scientists, including the ancient philosopher Aristotle, have wondered how the chameleon changes color. Now, researchers have uncovered the lizard's secret.

When presented with an adult male within its line of sight, the male F. pardalis' skin-colors change. Relaxation after combat also induces color change. Researchers zoomed into a single cell undergoing change, to further...

A metal alloy that powers its own movement and deforms to get through tight spots could let us to build a Terminator 2-style robot (minus homicidal tendencies)

Over the last 30 years, I've raised hundreds of millions of dollars for my startups and XPRIZEs. This is a critical blog for any entrepreneur trying to raise money. As...

Devastating floodwaters such as those experienced during Iowa's Flood of 2008--which swamped many Iowa communities, along with ten square miles of Cedar Rapids--are notoriously difficult to predict.

Opening up Atlantic coast to seismic testing – using airgun blasts to prospect for oil – will pose significant threat to marine life, say scientists

Last night, Apple didn't just launch its smart watch. It also unveiled ResearchKit, software that will connect users directly to medical research studies

(Phys.org)--While Einstein considered quantum entanglement as "spooky action at a distance," and those who fully accept entanglement acknowledge it to be counterintuitive, current entanglement-based quantum communication...