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Iran’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons will not be the last challenge faced in a journey that began with the world’s first fission bomb test during World War II --

A technique devised by UCLA researchers could help scientists better understand a tiny--but potentially important--component of next-generation electronic devices.

The first close-up photo of Pluto revealed a mountain range rising 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) into Pluto's sky, along with a surface just 100 million years old at the most. A view of the dwarf planet's big moon Charon di...

Bacon-flavored seaweed is the new kale.

People raising backyard chickens should know not to cuddle or kiss the birds, to avoid the risk of Salmonella, according to the CDC.

A new study is turning an ear toward what exactly makes screams so terrifying.

A new multispectral microscope, one capable of processing nearly 17 billion pixels representing 13 individual color channels in a single image, has been successfully demonstrated by a team of researchers from the United ...

Scientists have created a long-sought particle in the lab by hitting a crystal lattice with photons.

An international team led by Princeton University scientists has discovered Weyl fermions, an elusive massless particle theorized 85 years ago. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics becaus...

Hopes that polar bears could save energy via "walking hibernation" have been crushed - leaving them more vulnerable to climate change than thought

Tracking your heart rate can put you more in touch with your stress levels, a new study suggests.

Lack of impact craters suggests the dwarf planet may be geologically active --

It's Thursday, which means it's time for another episode of Ask an Expert. In this video, we dive into the subject of autonomous vehicles and their impact on the future...

As well as repairing retinal cells, gene therapy reawakens visual pathways in the brain, enabling people with type of heritable blindness to see again

The spheres of carbon-60 have been found to be responsible for mysterious cosmic-light features --

Coils of liquid metal could be used to make stretchable loudspeakers and microphones, potentially leading to new kinds of hearing aids, heart monitors, and wearable and implantable devices, researchers say.

Chimpanzees can quickly identify the faces of other chimps, as well as those of human adults and babies, according to new research that suggests humans' closest living relatives look at faces holistically like humans do.

What is it about a scream that makes your blood run cold? Scientists have found the feature that makes them unlike any other human sound

Statistically speaking, sharks pose very little threat to humans. So why are people so afraid of the animals?

A structural science project by Science Buddies --

ELECTRIC aeroplanes have been busy breaking records. On July 10th Airbus's E-Fan, piloted by Didier Esteyne, became the first twin-engined all-electric aircraft to cross the English Channel. At least, that is the firm's ...

IT BEGAN with some marshmallows. In the 1960s Walter Mischel, a psychologist then working at Stanford University, started a series of experiments on young children. A child was left alone for 15 minutes with a marshmallo...