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A remarkable heat wave warmed Antarctica's northernmost peninsula to slightly above 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius) two weeks ago -- a record high for the normally cold continent.

A new study identifies a number of mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that may help doctors provide women with more precise estimates of their cancer risk.

Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals, says new research from Rockefeller University. Biophysicists have revealed that fast-swimming, sul...

Conduction and thermal radiation are two ways in which heat is transferred from one object to another: Conduction is the process by which heat flows between objects in physical contact, such as a pot of tea on a hot stov...

Researchers found that animals with more copies of certain genes -- which are involved in fighting inflammation -- have longer life spans.

Not a curve in sight, as far as the eye can see. Mathematicians, scientists, philosophers and curious minds alike have guessed at the shape of our universe. There are three main options to choose from, in case you’d li...

More U.S. teens are using long-term forms of birth control that they don't have to remember every day, but these methods are still relatively uncommon.

We are in era of unprecedented value creation, and its symbol is the Unicorn -- a company that rapidly gains to a valuation of a billion dollars and beyond. While pundits are...

Very low levels of radioactive isotopes leaked from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster have been detected along the North American coast for the first time.

A boy in Canada mysteriously became allergic to fish and nuts after he received a blood transfusion, according to a new case report.

The effects of general relativity, which celebrates its centenary this year, distorted light to create this beautiful ring-like image of a distant galaxy

Several big carbon emitters, including the EU and US, have filed plans for cutting emissions ahead of a UN deadline in the run-up to the Paris climate summit

A recently completed neutrino detector called NOvA has an online webcam where you can watch cosmic rays collisions in near real-time. Since most of us aren't lucky enough to have a cosmic ray detector at home, this webc...

We've covered drone delivery startup, Matternet, for a few years now. Before Amazon's Jeff Bezos talked drone delivery on "60 Minutes," Matternet was already working the problem. But their vision didn't begin with retail...

Silkpunk brings ox sinew and silk to a world of imagined technologies.

To control the Islands of Dara, you must first master its airships.

(Phys.org)--Physicists have proposed that a hypothetical form of matter called "unparticles" may play a key role in mediating superconductivity--the ability of certain materials to conduct electricity with zero resistanc...

Researchers are on the trail of a mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory --

Whether they're designing flying cars or teleporters, aspiring young inventors will have the chance to share their visions for the technology of the future, as part of a nationwide challenge hosted by the makers of Disne...

A new analysis of long-necked dinosaurs suggests that the Brontosaurus name was wrongly retired 100 years ago. It's a proposal that excites some paleontologists and leaves others skeptical.

Laser technique captures aerial view of the Mail Rail network abandoned in 2003, strewn with workers' personal items

A number of supplements marketed for weight loss and improved athletic performance contain a synthetic compound that is similar to the drug amphetamine.