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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.

In 1994, comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacked into Jupiter - analysis of that impact could help us detect similar collisions in other solar systems

A century-long debate about whether quantum mechanics described reality or masked a deeper layer, as Einstein suggested, has concluded - quantum reality won

The theory behind why cables get tangled could explain both cosmic inflation and why we experience only three dimensions of space

A two-year investigation into Europe's electronic waste found that most of it is stolen, mismanaged, illegally traded, or just thrown away.

Many cities are packed with cameras pointlessly recording everything they see, but smart algorithms could allow them to keep only footage that matters

Heart cells grown on a special mesh can be built up into living, beating tissue that could mend damage after heart attacks