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A watched pot may never boil, but a watched pot coated in these super-sponge nanostructures might.

When nature called, some people living in Jerusalem about 500 years ago used a stone-walled latrine in the Christian quarter. Now, nearly 500 years later, an analysis of the stools they left behind has revealed thousands...

Modern machines, powerful and clever, have enabled us to attempt seemingly impossible tasks, like traveling to the moon. Now, mere decades after Apollo's computers guided us to the lunar surface, millions...

From focused proton beams to the positioning of patients, new approaches to radiation therapy are transforming cancer care.

A system that records the sounds of every breath and snore you utter while sleeping may offer an alternative to clinical sleep-tracking technology, new research suggests.

Two centuries ago the biggest volcanic eruption in history unleashed mayhem across the world. Are we prepared for an inevitable repeat, asks Bill McGuire

Investigators confirmed that a 55-gallon metal drum of nuclear waste burst open in New Mexico after it was packed with the wrong kind of cat litter.

Research quoted by the UK's former environment minister to reject a ban on neonicotinoids may suggest that the pesticides do harm bees after all

GPS trackers placed on five pandas in a nature reserve in China show they sometimes hang out together for weeks at a time

A Burgess Shale arthropod Yawunik kootenayi fossil was found in Marble Canyon in Kootenay National Park in Canada. This animation of its movement was derived from the fossil's structure.

A group of leading biologists earlier this month called for a halt to the use of a powerful new gene editing technique on humans.

An extinct marine predator called Yawunik kootenayi is the first new species reported from the stunning Marble Canyon fossil site in British Columbia's Kootenay National Park. Here are images of the amazing creature.

Alpha Centauri, just 4.3 light years away, may hold two planets like our own, according to observations with the Hubble Space Telescope

In West Antarctica, some ice shelves could melt away within a century.

A citizen science project in Los Angeles has discovered 30 previously unknown species of fly

"How can we reconcile these sort of concerns that we all have around how quickly things are changing?" So asked California's Lieutenant Governor, Gavin Newsom, in a recent interview at Singularity...

The Red Planet cleans up our mess for us within a few years, a new study shows – which could be important for NASA's next lander

Image credit: Mollenborg via flickr | ://bit.ly/1xvH3cJ Rights information: ://bit.ly/NL51dk Novel technologies, innovative engineering and breathtaking discoveries could be the story of the next 100 years of space explo...

After the Germanwings air crash in France, the mental state of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz has come under scrutiny. How does the industry check the health of flight crew?

The LHC has now transitioned from powering tests to the machine checkout phase. This phase involves the full-scale tests of all systems in preparation for beam. Early last Saturday morning, during the ramp-down, an earth...

New research provides revelations about the most energetic event in the universe--the merging of two spinning, orbiting black holes into a much larger black hole.

The construction of model quantum systems or simulators that can reveal hidden insights into other, less accessible quantum states requires paying attention to interactions normally overlooked by most theories, finds a R...