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A device resembling a plastic honeycomb yet infinitely smaller than a bee's stinger can steer light beams around tighter curves than ever before possible, while keeping the integrity and intensity of the beam intact.

Update: India's Global Impact Competition Announced Winning Entry Focused on Pollution Free Cities for India. 24-year-old Shubhojit Mallick won the contest for his innovative project in Bangalore that captures pollutants...

Fried tarantulas, baked cockroaches and grasshopper kabobs are on the menu for the Explorers Club annual dinner this weekend.

Riots, pandemics, starvation - if this humble bird disappeared, we would be in big trouble. So how likely is chickageddon? (full text available to subscribers)

The Canadian research community on high-temperature superconductivity continues to lead this exciting scientific field with groundbreaking results coming hot on the heels of big theoretical questions.

Matt Wandell is a biologist at the Steinhart Aquarium at California Academy of Sciences. Watch how cool his job is.

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Invasive toads in Australia poison predators that eat them, allowing other prey, like the crimson finch to flourish

Invasive toads in Australia poison predators that eat them, allowing other prey, like the crimson finch to flourish

A device resembling a plastic honeycomb yet infinitely smaller than a bee's stinger can steer light beams around tighter curves than ever before possible, while keeping the integrity and intensity of the beam intact.

What will happen, where and when, and how to watch tomorrow's eclipse safely - as well as what scientists might learn from it

In 1996, a trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discovery of Buckminsterfullerene -- soccer-ball-shaped spheres of 60 joined carbon atoms that exhibit special physical properties.

Forget interviews. Being good at special video games could land you that plum job - and help make recruitment a fairer process

Despite the never-ending chill and snow in the U.S. Northeast this year, the globe experienced the warmest winter months since record keeping began in 1880, scientists say.

Do all objects with the same mass and shape accelerate at the same speed? Find out with Exploratorium --

Electric vehicles are cool, research shows. Literally.

Boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may benefit slightly from omega-3 fatty acid supplements, a new study from the Netherlands suggests.

THERE has, in recent years, been much talk of holidays in space. Though things have not gone well for one aspiring space-tourism business, Virgin Galactic, whose prototype suborbital rocket plane blew up on a test flight...

FOR years, it seemed like carbon-dioxide emissions rose relentlessly, whatever the world's level of economic activity and however much countries spent on no- or low-carbon energy. Now, though, that depressing fact may be...

THE outbreak of Ebola fever brought to the world's attention on March 22nd 2014 by Médecins Sans Frontières, an international charity, has infected some 25,000 people and killed more than 10,000 of them--almost all in ...

Training 2-foot robot improves 6- to 8-year-olds' handwriting skills. Image credit: Images courtesy of EPFLRights information: EPFL Originally published: Mar 18 2015 - 10:00am, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Peter Gwynn...

This week's eclipse will test solar power resilience in Germany, but it may be just a taste of challenges ahead as we deploy more renewables