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The 25th annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony honored silly, yet thought-provoking, science. From painful bee stings on the penis and the health benefits of kissing, to the math of a sultan's promiscuous ways, this year's winn...

The remnants of ancient water wells, pearls and hairpins are proof that a group of villagers set up a settlement on top of a military fort in ancient Roman times.

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman settlement that likely housed the family members of soldiers serving at a nearby Roman fort.

A spectacular rock arch in Utah is safe from collapse for now, according to a study that used a new technique to listen to the arch's natural "hum" to measure its internal health.

Geneva, 18 Sep 2015. CERN Council today announced the election of Professor Sijbrand de Jong as its 22nd President for a period of one year renewable twice, with a mandate starting on 1 January 2016. He will take over fr...

Researchers recently visited two parks in Utah to monitor the health of some of the state's iconic natural arches.

The photo, which New Horizons took during its epic July 14 flyby of Pluto, captures a sunset view. Towering ice mountains cast long shadows, and more than a dozen layers of the dwarf planet's wispy atmosphere are clearly...

Two dozen people in nine states have been sickened with the serious foodborne illness listeriosis, likely from eating soft cheeses that were contaminated with bacteria.

Designing things like LEDs and transistors has, for a long time, been an arduous process of trial and error, but that could be changing soon, thanks in part to a technique developed by physicists at SUNY-Buffalo.In a pap...

A love for math plus a passion for renewable energy equals a dream career for Monica Barin.

Monica Barin works for a tech startup company, helping people buy solar panels to put on their homes. She's an industrial engineer, which means it's her job to manage, organize and optimize all the complex financial info...

It is hard to find a good world to live on. A far-away sister world not too different from our home world could change the way we see us in the All-There-Is

The world's oldest sea turtle fossil shows the ancient animal swam the oceans at least 120 million years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, according to a recent analysis.

A healthy 29-year-old guy who started having episodes of fainting had an unusual culprit to blame.

Government cracks down on illegal slash-and-burn practices after an unprecedented number of forest fires raise air pollution to hazardous levels

When will we understand the brain? In an era of scientific progress and emerging technologies, one would think that we were on the cusp of finally answering this age-old question. Not so fast. Understanding the...

Southern sand octopus is first cephalopod found to build underwater hideout by burrowing through quicksand and daubing the walls with mucus

(Phys.org)--Dark matter has never been seen directly, but scientists know that something massive is out there due to its gravitational effects on visible matter. One explanation for how such a large amount of mass appear...

NIMS MANA researchers elucidated a new principle whereby electromagnetic waves including light propagate on the surface of a photonic crystal without being scattered.

(Phys.org)--The 1918 outbreak of Spanish flu was so unlike other pandemics that it is analogous to a massive natural disaster. The H1N1 virus infected an estimated 500 million people and killed 100 million by some estima...

Germanium defects in a diamond crystal lattice act as a reliable source for single photons, new research shows. The results are reported in Scientific Reports and provide a promising new route to building components for ...

Pope Francis has a full itinerary for his U.S. trip, but what exactly will he say during his time in the United States?