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The kelp gull has a few unsavory eating habits.

Despite scare stories, the number of people with dementia in Europe seems to be plateauing, but screening is still prioritised over measures more likely to be of benefit

(Phys.org)--An international team of researchers has found a way to interconnect two quantum devices, allowing photons to move between the two, all while preserving entanglement. In their paper they have uploaded to the ...

Only about 5% of the universe consists of ordinary matter such as protons and electrons, with the rest being filled with mysterious substances known as dark matter and dark energy. So far, scientists have failed to detec...

Breakups can have severe emotional aftermath... or not. Here's a look at what science says about splitting up.

Oil companies plan to extract billions of barrels of crude oil from beneath Alaskan lands and Arctic seas that are at risk for environmental damage.

The corpse flower is a pungent plant that blooms rarely and only for a short time. While it is in bloom, the flower emits a strong odor similar to rotting meat or, aptly, a decaying corpse.

The hunt for these mysterious “missing-matter” substances has now taken a leap forward thanks to two new lab experiments --

The hunt for these mysterious “missing-matter” substances has now taken a leap forward, thanks to two new lab experiments --

From the spinning disc of a computer's hard drive to the varying current in a transformer, many technological devices work by merging electricity and magnetism. But the search to find a single material that combines both...

The movement of refugees and the economic impacts connected with the rise of ISIS have been linked to changes in air pollution in Syria and Iraq

Artificial neural networks have been all the rage lately. A neural net called DeepDream, built by Google and later released publicly, became an internet sensation for its trippy, dreamlike images. Google...

Glacier melt may be providing significant amounts of silicon to plankton, boosting their population and the amount of carbon dioxide they can soak up

To adjust to the incredibly parched conditions in the Golden State, Californians are pumping groundwater and causing the ground to sink even faster than expected.

A so-called fire rainbow filled the sky with a haze of colors over Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday (Aug. 16) in a recent photo posted to Twitter by Tiffany B. Jenks.

We thought it was part of courtship: birds of prey get entangled, then spiral downwards and may even crash. But it seems it's often anything but romantic

To treat Jimmy Carter's cancer, doctors will use one of the newest advances in cancer therapy -- a class of drugs that turns the immune system against cancer.

Inspired by natural "snapping" systems like Venus flytrap leaves and hummingbird beaks, a team led by physicist Christian Santangelo at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a way to use curved creases to...

Get the science scoop on the animal kingdom's Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and Thing. Can you guess which animals make the cut?

It is one of the most intriguing questions in astrochemistry: the mystery of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), a collection of about 400 absorption bands that show up in spectra of light that reaches the earth after...

(Phys.org)--A trio of physicists with the Autonomous University of Barcelona has built what they claim is the first artificial magnetic wormhole. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, Jordi Prat-Cam...

Researchers at the University of Strathclyde are developing groundbreaking plasma based light amplifiers that could replace traditional high power laser amplifiers.