The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) has begun and over the next two years teams will…
The reason why some people tend to respond to treatments that have no active ingredients…
Structures in the brains of great sharks are similar to the ones found in humans,…
Located about 25,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ara, globular cluster NGC 6362…
The London Array is the world’s largest offshore wind farm, and it’s currently under construction…
A newly published study shows that aspirin can be effective in prolonging survival among patients…
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Using its Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument, NASA’s Curiosity rover has completed initial experiments showing the…
Hurricane Sandy has been downgraded to a post-cyclone storm, and most of the devastating effects…
The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), one of Antarctica’s apex predators, kills penguins and smaller seals…
Archer fish have been observed to knock down prey with a precise jet of water…
Honeybees are well known for their sting, but scientists have discovered that they also have…
The filamentous bacteria Desulfobulbus can function as living power cables in order to transmit electrons…
Methane gas is escaping from the seabed sediments somewhere off the coast of North Carolina.…
In this color composite image of the RCW 120 nebula (above), an expanding bubble of…
A new synthetic molecule has been used to destroy the complexes that induce allergic responses,…
A new study from Yale University shows that eight beneficial gut bacteria common in honeybees…
A pioneering hepatitis E vaccine from China is now being deployed to fight a deadly…