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A type of bacteria called Bacteroides -- which is one of the most common microbes in the human gut -- can be easily "hacked," or genetically modified, researchers say.

The properties of water are altered by near-infrared light, which could drive the energy-producing mitochondria in our cells to work harder and heal us faster

Moms who want their daughters to exercise need to practice what they preach, a small new study shows.

Groundbreaking work at two Department of Energy national laboratories has confirmed plutonium's magnetism, which scientists have long theorized but have never been able to experimentally observe. The advances that enable...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a method for efficiently cooling electronics using graphene-based film. The film has a thermal conductivity capacity that is four times that of copper. More...

You don't have to be a Kardashian to stand out on the Internet -- all you need is at least 20 pairs of bright-yellow legs, a gleaming red head and venomous fangs.

Plutonium is a metal, but it won't stick to a magnet, puzzling scientists for decades. Now researchers may have found this "missing magnetism."

Ancient gelatinous animals that resemble Christmas tree ornaments were protected by hard, spiny skeletons and lacked the trademark tentacles of today's jellies, fossils of the long-dead jellyfishlike creatures suggest.

New photos from the Peruvian Amazon have captured an adorable harpy eagle chick and its mom.

Some of our most treasured memories begin with a simple association: the smiling face of that special someone, tied forever to the place where you first met. Sadly, these episodic...

To humans, this building seems to disappear into the surrounding landscape, but birds have no trouble spotting it - the barn was designed with their sight in mind

An energetic stellar blast may have just broken the record for the brightest yet found

Plants and bacteria make use of sunlight with remarkably high efficiency: nine out of ten absorbed light particles are being put to use in an ordinary bacterium. For years, it has been a pressing question of modern resea...

In a case that has mystified doctors, an artist who developed Parkinson's disease and then suffered a debilitating arm injury managed to continue to paint with his other arm ¬-- just as well as he had painted with his g...

A rear-facing seat in the front of a car is extremely unsafe in the United States, but in other countries, more cars are designed to accommodate the littlest front-seat passengers.

Scientists find that the biggest, brightest bursts of light herald the creation of the universe’s most magnetic objects --

The latest images of Pluto, a checklist of mysteries waiting to be solved. And New Scientist will be covering all the action – live from mission control

The last thing the debate on global warming needs is another IPCC report. Artists, lawyers, priests and playwrights must now step forward, says Fred Pearce (full text available to subscribers)

A global shark census called Global FinPrint is getting underway with the daunting task of counting as many sharks as possible over the next three years. Using underwater cameras, international scientists will scan more ...

It may seem soft and squishy to the touch, but a new robot is tough on the inside and ready to pounce, researchers say.

When dolphins dive deep, they avoid succumbing to decompression sickness, or "the bends," likely because the sea creatures have collapsible lungs and can inhale and exhale two to three times quicker than humans.

Plus contactless cards fight for dominance, marketing industry finds its Newton, sandwich trivia hard to swallow, and more (full text available to subscribers)