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Temperature is a very useful physical quantity. It allows us to make a simple statistical statement about the energy of particles swirling around on complicated paths without having to know the specific details of the sy...

Camera traps set up in the remote highlands of Tibet have captured a new species of macaque - one with hairier neck and scrotum and a rounded penis

Stony Brook University researchers are developing a computational platform to mimic the complex "Inflation Dynamics" behavior a parachute's canopy undergoes as it travels through an airflow to help improve designs.

What's going on in your head? Billions of dollars are being poured into giant projects around the world to figure it out

They multiply like ... fish! Apparently, a handful of goldfish dumped into a lake in Boulder, Colorado, just three years ago have reproduced and now number in the thousands.

Thousands of goldfish were spotted in March in Teller Lake #5 off Arapahoe Road in Boulder, Colorado, and biologists are concerned. Here's a look at the fish-filled lake.

Lysosomes are the garbage disposals of animal cells. As the resources are limited in cells, organic materials are broken down and recycled a lot -- and that's what lysosomes do. Detecting problems with lysosomes is the f...

Death by acid was the key killer in Earth's biggest mass extinction, some 251 million years ago.

Temperature is a very useful physical quantity. It allows us to make a simple statistical statement about the energy of particles swirling around on complicated paths without having to know the specific details of the sy...

To understand the appeal of extremist ideologies we need to look beyond the usual explanations, says a professor of epidemiology

Satellite images capture a new chain of islands being built by China in an attempt to claim disputed waters

An international team of scientists releases early results from the CUORE experiment with implications for why there's more matter than antimatter in the universe. Today an international team of nuclear physicists announ...

Scientists are working to unravel the mystery of a methane blob over the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest. The hot spot, first detected from space, contains a significant amount of the greenhouse gas.

Plastic surgery can make women look more likable, socially adept and feminine according to a new study.

When I was in elementary school, about 50 years ago, teachers used to stand in front of a class of 40 or 50 children and write on a blackboard with...

An astounding activity from Science Buddies to stretch your ideas about physics --

EVER since the early 1990s, when it moved out of universities and was embraced by the general public, the internet has grown relentlessly. Only 2% of the world's population was online in 1997. By 2014 the proportion had ...

AROUND one in ten Americans is a trypanophobe, stricken with a dread of needles. Some may have inherited a tendency to faint when jabbed; others develop the phobia after a painful injection or a botched blood sample. Sad...

Flame-retardant fabrics normally degrade when washed, but a water-repelling coating could make your flame-proof suit or sofa self-cleaning

Some 75 million years ago, a towering tyrannosaur may have lit into one of its own species, ripping into its skull and leaving behind jagged scars and deep punctures that have only recently seen the light of day.

A 75-million-year-old tyrannosaur skull shows evidence of injuries the dinosaur acquired during its lifetime and after its death, a new study finds.

Hairware is a switch woven into hair extensions that can be used discreetly to activate apps