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As astronomers continue finding new rocky planets around distant stars, high-pressure physicists are considering what the interiors of those planets might be like and how their chemistry could differ from that found on E...

Einstein's assertion that God does not play dice with the universe has been misinterpreted --

Researchers are just beginning to untangle the mystery of why more than half of Kazakhstan's critically endangered saigas died off in a few weeks in late May.

Tiny ocean creatures known as sea sapphires perform a sort of magic trick as they swim: One second they appear in splendid iridescent shades of blue, purple or green, and the next they may turn invisible (at least the bl...

When the U.S. military needs a new idea for drone technology, it turns to an unlikely source for inspiration: old fairytales.

Caffeine is in coffee, tea and other products that we consume every day, so why is the powdered form dangerous?

A Twitter hashtag, #JunkOff, illustrates the steamier side of biology -- and its importance to understanding evolution.

Getting a tooth pulled is never fun, but it's especially irksome if you're an aardvark.

A new global census of all the trees on Earth estimates that more than 3 trillion call this "pale blue dot" home. But the total number of trees on the planet has dropped by almost 50 percent since human civilization bega...

An Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer cooling-pump failure raises questions about the instrument's longevity --

An Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer cooling pump failures raises questions about its longevity --

Here the animal called Trichoplax triggers algal cells to burst open and then sort of sucks up the spilled contents.

It turns out both sides are right when it comes to spinal manipulation therapy - yes, it works, and no, it doesn't. Depends on the patient.

The deadbeat boyfriend at the centre of Janet Jackson's 1986 hit What Have You Done For Me Lately used to take Janet out to dinner almost every night. He used...

Seismologists have traced the path of seismic waves to create a three dimensional scan of Earth's interior.

Mantle plumes, proposed rivers of hot rock in the Earth's mantle that stream up to the surface and form volcanic island chains, seem to anchor deep in the planet's interior, near the core-mantle boundary.

Fresh off its July fly-by of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is bound for a tiny object even further from the sun

A new class of multicellular machines that can "talk" to each other will help usher in a new era of smart drugs

The first evidence that ancient microbes colonised subsea mantle rock hints at how life might have emerged on Earth - and even other worlds

Africa's raptor birds, especially vultures, are experiencing drastic declines as more are being hunted for meat and use in traditional cures

In the run-up to a debate on deep-sea fishing, new data suggests trawling should be banned below 600 metres to protect threatened species

Firstborn women are more likely to be overweight then their little sisters. A result of their parents doting on them, or their mother's inexperienced womb?