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Ants may be experts at sniffing out body odor, according to a new study that reveals these insects have a "high-definition ability" to detect tiny chemical changes in the pheromones other ants give off.

Forr the first time, scientists have sequenced the genome of the eight-legged rock star, revealing how its complex noggin evolved.

People who receive organ transplants may have an increased risk of developing the deadly skin cancer melanoma, according to a new study.

Smartphone apps and wearable devices have the potential to help Americans improve their heart health. But right now, there's not enough evidence to evaluate whether all this technology actually helps people get healthier...

People trying to talk to Siri may soon no longer have to look like they're about to eat their iPhones, thanks to a new technology demonstration that solves the "Cocktail Party" conundrum.

Aquarium enthusiasts and people who work in aquarium stores should be aware that some types of coral produce dangerous toxins.

It may seem unusual to pay for something as, well, natural as nature, but a new economic model suggests just that, and it seems to be working, argues Jane Carter Ingram.

During a high-resolution mapping of the seafloor surrounding Sicily, researchers discovered an ancient treasure: a stone monolith spanning 39 feet (12 meters), resting on the bottom of the Mediterranean.

During a high-resolution mapping of the Mediterranean seafloor, researchers discovered an enormous stone monolith resting in the Sicilian Channel.

The newfound planet is 96 light years away, but it's the closest twin to Jupiter astronomers have ever directly seen --

Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a novel technique to predict when bearings inside wind turbines will fail which could make wind energy cheaper.

Following a low-fat diet may help dieters lose more body fat than following a low-carb diet, according to a new study.

We're all excited about the future, but maybe you've had some of these lingering thoughts: Will increased longevity challenge people's religious beliefs? How will our lives change over the next decade due...

The "exercise hormone" irisin has generated controversy among scientists -- some have called the hormone a myth, but a new study says it proves irisin exists.

The European Space Agency's comet team are celebrating perihelion, the day when comet 67P swings around the sun, taking Rosetta along for the ride

The experiment will begin collecting data from a neutrino beam in October. A school bus-sized detector packed with 170 tons of liquid argon has seen its first particle footprints. On August 6, MicroBooNE, a liquid-argon ...

Not so long ago, the only way to see what was going on inside a person's body involved something sharp. Now, we can image the body's organs without a single...

The need to hop fast in open habitats seems to have driven the evolution of an odd habit in some of Australia's iconic marsupials, they use their tail as a fifth leg

FREQUENT visitors to the Hustler Club, a gentlemen's entertainment venue in New York, could not have known that they would become part of a debate about anonymity in the era of "big data". But when, for sport, a data sci...

A nameless planet (top left) and its star THE names of the planets reflect the history of the Earth. Five--Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn--were known in antiquity. The titles they now bear were chosen by the mo...

MOST scientific discoveries are the result of deliberate experiment. A few, though, occur by chance. One such piece of serendipity has just happened to Wang Changan of Tsinghua University, in Beijing, and Li Ju of the Ma...

They have 40 eyes, change sex as they grow and flash constantly. Now we're starting to figure out why these flamboyant molluscs put on their light show