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Evidence from prisons around the world shows that smoking bans introduced with support for tobacco users do not spark violence, says Deborah Arnott

The 350-year-old mystery of why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time may finally be solved, scientists say.

A team of researchers working at the University of St Andrews in Scotland has found a way to place a laser inside a living human cell. In their paper published in the journal Nano Letters, the team describes their techni...

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has spotted more than 500 new potential alien planets, including an Earth-like planet amid a dozen that may be capable of supporting life.

Pope Francis' popularity among Americans may be waning, according to a new Gallup poll.

Almost 350 years ago, Dutch inventor and scientist Christiaan Huygens observed that two pendulum clocks hanging from a wall would synchronise their swing over time.

Humanity has long been on trial for the demise of mammoths and other large mammals - new forensic evidence reveals the true killer

The oldest snake fossil on record looks almost like a modern snake, except for one glaring difference: It has four feet, each with five digits, a new study finds.

Snakes used to have four legs, according to a roughly 120-million-year-old fossil from northeastern Brazil.

The planet, Kepler 452 b, is likely rocky and orbits in its star’s habitable zone where liquid water can exist --

An ancient animal with a serpent-like body plan and four tiny legs could reveal details about the evolutionary origins of snakes

The alien planet is a rocky world circling a sun-like star at a distance that should allow it to carry liquid water

A teenager in Colorado died after consuming an entire marijuana cookie that contained 6 servings of marijuana's active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), according to a new report.

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The Japan-based neutrino experiment has seen its first three candidate electron antineutrinos. Scientists on the T2K neutrino experiment in Japan announced today that they have spotted their first possible electron antin...

Backwards time travel at faster-than-light speeds would involve the creation of spooky doubles of the time-traveling object, a new hypothesis proposes.

What makes a penis attractive? Not sure? Well, don't rely on your opinion to answer that question -- science has the answer.

"Once upon a time, there were physical CDs. The order of each song mattered, for the album was often played as an uninterrupted piece. Then came the computer and music...

The MH17 crash temporarily increased depression symptoms among pregnant women in the Netherlands, where many of the plane's passengers lived.

Ready or not, another episode Ask an Expert is already here...about as fast as robots are showing up in the workplace. This episode, in fact, is all about robots and how they will affect humans. Walking us...

The eyes have it GIVING sight to robots is an important goal, but a tricky one. Most attempts use cameras that produce the sort of image a human being is used to, and then apply computing power to simplify it (for exampl...

"I'M THE one who looks the patient in the eye and tells them the trial is beneficial," says Tim Crater, a research physician at the Hutchinson Clinic in Kansas. Dr Crater runs drug tests for large pharmaceutical firms. H...