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A thin film of molecular dirt coats everything the air touches. But until now, nobody knew what it was, or where it came from

This week, Lyft announced they'd hit the milestone of their 5,000th self-driving commercial ride. The company has a fleet of autonomous cars in Las Vegas that mostly shuttle riders between different hotels on the strip. ...

According to a popular New York Times story, general activity on Facebook can fuel racist attacks in Germany. It doesn't add up, says Tom Chivers

After their recent pioneering experiments to couple light and matter to an extreme degree, Rice University scientists decided to look for a similar effect in matter alone. They didn't expect to find it so soon.

Researchers report the motor cortex is only essential for motor control when movements are executed in response to unexpected sensory feedback.

According to researchers, it may soon be possible to diagnose Alzheimer's disease during a simple eye exam. The study reports those with elevated amyloid and tau levels have significant thinning at the center of the reti...

A new study of ant populations reveals group living confers immediate benefits, even among genetically identical individuals. The study revealed larger groups produced more offspring and greater stability than smaller gr...

You can't use e-cigarettes on public transport or in most workplaces in the UK but there is a fresh call to lift this ban. It's a non-starter, says Lara Williams

According to a story in CNN, you may soon be able to slip into a set of artificial gills, and take to the water without having to haul along a pressurized tank of the atmosphere.Sure. Why not? After all, fish do it all t...

"Where did solar energy get its start?" Ramez Naam asked in a presentation at Singularity University's Global Summit. Naam, a computer scientist and award-winning science fiction author, has in recent years turned his at...

Yes, California will have a big earthquake, but the chances of "the big one" happening now didn't suddenly increase.

Properties, sources and uses of the element yttrium.

Perfectly inverting complex structures is of great technical importance. Researchers at ETH have now succeeded in turning the magnetic and electric structure of materials into their opposites using a single magnetic fiel...

Small foraging animals often put their trust in high-ranking or old group members to watch for danger - but meerkats trust sentries based on reputation

Gator eats gator! Photos show an alligator nomming a smaller gator in a Texas swamp.

Nuclear emergency teams, safeguards specialists and others may one day benefit from an expanded nuclear fission chain theory and detectors developed by a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicists.

Hurricane Lane is nearing Hawaii from the southeast, and the first tendrils of the storm have already reached the Big Island.

This ancient city, which houses a massive pyramid, may have conquered a nearby city and taken its residents as captives.

Gravitational waves that are flat instead of curved could form black holes when a pair of them crash together and tangle up space-time. Don't worry though, they probably won't

A Massachusetts beach became the site of a whale necropsy this week.

Skimping on just one night's sleep may lead to changes that could promote weight gain and muscle loss.

Twitter bots and trolls appear to be skewing online discussions about vaccinations, according to a new study.