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A pack of brown dogs look like majesties of nature, but they've actually been dreamt up by a DeepMind AI

Visions of a distant world WRITERS of science fiction have long assumed that the galaxy is teeming with alien planets. They were correct, but it was only in the past few decades that science has been able to confirm this...

IBM researchers are developing a new computer architecture, better equipped to handle increased data loads from artificial intelligence. Their designs draw on concepts from the human brain and significantly outperform co...

Last year, New Scientist reported the possible discovery of the first ever exomoon. Now new evidence suggests that if it does exist, it is very strange

Researchers report the extent sensory specific parts of the brain connect functionally as a network during child development can help to predict their reading proficiency.

Corrosion is an age-old problem that is estimated to cost about $1 trillion a year, or about 5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. Corrosion of metals can be particularly bad, but fortunately they are normally pr...

Talk of sabotage on the International Space Station has exposed cracks in the US-Russia space relationship that could see NASA unable to fly astronauts into orbit

The authors of a new paper suggested that scientists have overstated dog smarts. But a dog researcher tells Live Science we should study canines anyway.

A new study reports the lasting effects of teen cannabis use can be observed on important cognitive function and appears to have a more pronounced effect than alcohol use on neurodevelopment.

The advocates of hydrogen as the solution to replacing fossil fuels, particularly in transportation, have some compelling arguments. The fuel can be made with entirely renewable electricity, the internal combustion engin...

Researchers have identified two genetic variants for meaning in life and six genetic variants for happiness.

Einstein's famous letter about God is set to go up for auction.

The special properties of topological materials typically occur at their surface. These materials, for example insulators that do conduct current at their surface, are expected to play a major role in future quantum comp...

Evolution is unfolding in test tubes.

The very first tyrannosaurs were relatively small dinosaurs - and the skull of one of them seems to have contained a brain with a more complex shape than that of the enormous T. rex

Scientists from ITMO University developed a laser for precise measurement of the distance between the moon and Earth. The short pulse duration and high power of this laser help to reduce errors in determining the distanc...

Women can experience lingering health problems years after workplace sexual harassment or a sexual assault happen, a new study finds.

A curious-looking container, discovered in the Mediterranean and dating back to more than 3,000 years ago, has been found to contain traces of opium.

Cyanobacteria were recently (and unexpectedly) found living in "the dark biosphere," thousands of feet underground.

How did a 19th-century mummy in an iron coffin end up in a Queens construction site?

The chemistry Nobel Prize goes to Frances Arnold, George Smith, and Gregory Winter for controlling evolution to create proteins that solve chemical problems.

The inscription show Seti I, a pharaoh who launched military campaigns in North Africa and the Middle East.