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Astronomers around the world are looking for visible sources of gravitational waves. On the morning of September 16, 2015, an email appeared in 63 inboxes scattered around the globe. The message contained a map of the co...

A new, nearly hundred-foot Nazca geoglyph in Peru has been uncovered.

(Phys.org)--Science journalist, Nicola Nosengo has published a News Feature in the latest issue of the journal Nature, outlining the work being done to figure out how to use computers and databases to take on the tasks a...

Rechargeable lithium air batteries are a next-generation technology: Theoretically they might be much lighter and offer better performance than current lithium ion batteries. However, currently they run out of steam afte...

Plasma is a state of matter that is similar to gas, but the atomic particles are charged rather than neutral.

The eye is one of nature's complex wonders. Find out what's inside it.

When it comes to sex with a much bigger mate, one type of spider has the problem licked.

WHEN the DNA sequence of the human genome was revealed in 2000, many people expected it to start a revolution. Researchers would be able to discover the genes that caused or influenced diseases. And drug companies would ...

Diamonds are one of the most coveted gemstones. But while some may want the perfect diamond for its sparkle, physicists covet the right diamonds to perfect their experiments. The gem is a key component in a novel system ...

From California to Florida, some 30 official state animals are at risk of extinction. We reveal what they are and what hope there is of saving them

Darwin's bark spider sex is quite the event for these kinky arachnids. It includes males salivating on female genitals, a bit of S&M with binding (in order to remove cannibalism from the mix), genital "plugs" and actual ...

Two passenger-planes got struck by lightning while flying over London last week, and one of the spectacular strikes was caught on video, according to news sources.

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - John Culkin (based on Marshall McLuhan's ideas) Something big is happening in design and engineering. For all of human history, we have create...

DOES marital bliss depend on an active sex life? It sounds like a bears-in-woods and papal-religious-affiliation sort of question, yet around half of studies carried out into the matter suggest the answer is "no". And th...

The Economist is looking for a technology correspondent to work at its headquarters in London. Knowledge of the field, an ability to write informatively, succinctly and wittily, and an insatiable curiosity are more impor...

Not as hidden as it thinks it is HANG a collar fitted with a GPS tracker and a radio transmitter around a wild animal's neck, or simply glue such a device to its back, and you will know all the time where it is. You will...

Earth's oldest crystals likely had galactic origin.

Mechanics know molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as a useful lubricant in aircraft and motorcycle engines and in the CV and universal joints of trucks and automobiles. Rice University engineering researcher Isabell Thomann kno...

Every process that sustains life is carried out by proteins. But understanding how these complex molecules do their jobs depends on learning the arrangement of their atoms--and how the structure changes--as they interact...

A recent study may be the first in the United States to calculate the differences in infant hospital costs based on the number of embryos transferred at one time via in vitro fertilization.

Diamonds are one of the most coveted gemstones. But while some may want the perfect diamond for its sparkle, physicists covet the right diamonds to perfect their experiments. The gem is a key component in a novel system ...

Chemists provide the first direct evidence that a T cell gives precise mechanical tugs to other cells, and demonstrate that these tugs are central to a T cell's process of deciding whether to mount an immune response.