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IBM scientists today unveiled two critical advances towards the realization of a practical quantum computer. For the first time, they showed the ability to detect and measure both kinds of quantum errors simultaneously, ...

A person's urine could reveal whether they are at risk for obesity and related harmful conditions, a new study suggests.

For the first time in more than 30 years, lava is flowing on the floor of Halema'uma'u crater in Hawaii.

Our galaxy has only ever merged with small galaxies, not large ones. This low-key history has left it bereft of dark matter from outside

The Supreme Court is set to decide whether gay marriage becomes legal throughout the United States. Here's what you need to know.

On April 30, if all goes well, after running out of fuel to fight off orbital decay NASA’s long-running MESSENGER spacecraft will end its mission to Mercury by crashing into the planet’s... --

An emerging body of research shows that greenhouse gases are billowing out of the state's woodlands.

This award winning film lets you experience what happens when solar wind slams into Earth's magnetosphere. The results are downright spooky. This is the short film 20hz, based on data from the CARISMA radio telescope ar...

Infections with difficult-to-treat and sometimes deadly gut bacteria called "C. diff" are highest in the spring, according to a new study.

A family of predatory cockroaches that lived 100 million years ago has been discovered in fossils found in Myanmar

A new "4D" medical device has saved the lives of three baby boys with life-threatening breathing problems, researchers say.

After an icy winter, springtime brought crystal clear waters to Lake Michigan. An aircrew with the Coast Guard spotted several shipwrecks during a routine patrol this month.

Rare, 7-million-year-old fossils of two extinct pygmy sperm whales are helping researchers learn about the evolution of the ocean's largest toothed whale, a new study finds.

I’ve been on Instagram for a long time, with a private account to share family photos with friends. Last year, I decided to start up a second account, @FlyingTrilobite, to share my art in... --

At about 10:20 am Hawaii time on April 28, a rockfall sloughing off the wall of Halema'uma'u Crater hit the molten lava beneath, triggering an explosion of magma fragments.

Our dreams are so bizarre that parts of the brain that usually try to make sense of language seem to power down rather than attempt to understand them

We've all been to a hardware store, questing for that weirdly sized screw or bolt. Led by some DIY guru, and after navigating aisles with hundreds of grey plastic drawers,...

A little feathered dinosaur with batlike wings likely flapped and glided, not so gracefully, through the Jurassic forests of what is now northeastern China, say paleontologists who analyzed the animal's bones.

The first of its kind, this wacky dinosaur sports bat-like wings with membranous tissue to help it glide through the Jurassic forests of what is now China some 160 million years ago.

A fossil from China may have had unique membrane-like wings to glide or even fly, suggesting dinosaurs dabbled in flight before evolving into birds

It's becoming possible to edit our genes to treat and prevent conditions like HIV and sickle cell disease or, more controversially, create designer babies

The Coast Guard usually tries to find ships before they sink. But during a recent patrol over Lake Michigan, an aircrew spotted several historic wrecks in the clear waters.