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Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have discovered a behavior in materials called cuprates that suggests they carry current in a way entirely different from c...

We have the best evidence yet that there was a prolonged drought at the time of the demise of the classic Mayan civilisation - and could explain why it collapsed

Researchers say acting out scenarios may help to improve prospective memory. Poor prospective memory, researchers report, may be an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease.

THE number of chemicals that might come into contact with a human being is staggering. The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) recognises over 130,000 molecules. Its American counterpart recognises 85,000. Testing all of the...

FROM the human point of view Pelagia noctiluca is an enemy. It is a jellyfish, abundant in the Mediterranean Sea, that is the chief cause of stings to swimmers in that popular holidaymakers' destination. But, as this pic...

Looking to the future "AT THE end of the day I would be anxious," says Anil Awasthi, a 44-year-old garment worker in Delhi, "thinking what mistakes of mine would be pointed out." He was worried about what was going to ha...

The official death toll for Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico, is 64 people. A new analysis of death records finds that 1139 excess deaths occurred in the months after the storm

A new EEG study reveals people who are less able to sustain their attention long terms are more susceptible to creating false memories.

Stonehenge's famous pillars came from a place far, far away. That much was known. But now, archaeologists have found another well-traveled feature at the monument: 10 ancient people buried there who definitely weren't lo...

We're rapidly approaching the era of abundant knowledge--a time when you can know anything you want, anywhere you want, anytime you want. An era of radical transparency. By 2020, it's estimated we'll have 50 billion conn...

A new analysis of the cremated remains at Stonehenge suggest that some of the bodies buried there came from hundreds of kilometres away in Wales

A new experimental station (beamline) has begun operations at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)--a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory....

Two thirds of the dark matter in the area near the sun was sucked up when the Milky Way devoured another galaxy, and that might make it harder for us to detect

Forecasting technology and surfer experience create record rides on the planet’s biggest breakers --

With every new exoplanet discovered, the same question arises: Could this world host life? That capability requires so much more than liquid water.

A team of researchers pursuing the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has decided to revive a scale meant to ground alien-detection alerts in reality.

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator at the European particle physics lab CERN, produce about a million gigabytes of data every second. Even after reduction and compres...

A giant tadpole recently found in the wild is bigger than a can of Coke -- and it's still growing.

Anti-dengue mosquitoes have eliminated the virus from Townsville, Australia - the first successful large-scale use of modified mosquitoes to wipe out disease

Many children with autism find it hard to decipher other people's facial expressions. An interactive system that uses Google Glass may help

A video surfaced recently of a group of Canadian geese staring into the sky during a hailstorm. An expert told Live Science why they (and other birds) do this.

The risks of the Bermuda Triangle are the risks of the ocean, scientists say