New imaging techniques might revolutionize the technologies currently used to capture uranium from seawater, as researchers gain a better understanding...

In a collaborative effort by the Oregon Healthy and Science University and the University of Pittsburgh researchers have been able...

Christianity is currently the world's largest religious movement, with an estimated 2.2 billion followers. And because he plays such a...

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, looking into the effects depression has on the brain...

Northwestern University neuroscientists have developed a method that allows them to pinpoint communicating neurons in a living fly's brain --...

If you're an alien buff or just really, really bored with knowing just one species that can hold a decent...

Scientists from the University of Ferrara, Italy collaborating with the Beijing Genomics Institute have isolated a gene that, when mutated,...

In 2001 a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the United Kingdom was traced back to a farmer that illegally fed uncooked...

Colorado State University chemists have done the impossible: they've synthesized a fully recyclable, biodegradable polymer. Their work will not only...

Archaeologists believe they have found the he tomb of sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who ruled over the Ottoman empire from...

While the windy and overcast weather of a stormy day isn't surprising on telluric planets, it's not something most of...

You know how the old saying goes, that "diamonds are forever," and giving your significant other a piece of diamond...

The Internet is a wonderful and wonderfully powerful place. Just think about it, you have access to almost all of...

There is a long-lasting debate dividing the cancer researchers community over the point at which a skin lesion is considered...

What generates the different takes on the same problem between men and women? It's not the brain -- we know...

A team of Argentinian astronomers, peering up in the night's sky from the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba has found a...

The full extent of Japan's 2011 Fukushima meltdown is still being uncovered, with measured levels of contamination increasing in previously...

Should dirty energy companies have a voice in climate talks? Can government figures, known to receive money from the oil...

All of the current Republican presidential candidates make a point of denying what scientists and the common folk have come...

Income inequality and social stratification are hallmarks of today's economy, both in the context of a single country and on...

The island nation has recently announced that it will resume whaling operations in the Antarctic Ocean with the purpose of...

A massive, 200 million yuan (over $31 million) commercial animal cloning facility will be built in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development...

In a the stone age, a material that could make your tools bend a bit instead of breaking or your...

Imagine a nugget of real, 20 carat gold floating merrily on the milk foam of your cup of warm cappuccino...

Agriculture is a big driver of climate change, with the meat industry standing out among the rest as a source...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never been higher: the average global CO2 levels have reached the 400 parts...

An University of Queensland study of mantis shrimp discovered a new form of light communication employed by the animals, the...

Also known as the water bear, the tardigrade has a lot to be proud of -- this tiny organism is...

With robots taking up all the factory jobs and CEO's outsourcing each and any position they can to China, it's...

Biologists have recently identified a new species of harvestman (daddy longlegs spider) near the town of Monjolos in Minas Gerais,...

A study of 986 Bolivian women found that on average, a lifetime infection with a type of roundworm named Ascarius...

A University of Nevada team, led by anthropologist Peter Gray, tested several hypotheses about pets and contemporary courtship or dating...

We all know that men like to impress the fairer members of our species, and this permeates into almost everything...

A paper published recently in Nature Communications details how a team lead by Dr. Ben Wilson and Professor Chris Petkov...

Cardiff University public health experts have discovered a powerful link between a pupil's breakfast quality and their performance at school....

NASA released a stunningly colorful new image of the dwarf planet Pluto, the latest in a series of images that...

A recent study from Iowa State University shows how a gene, found in a single plant species so far, can...

Research at the Queen's University Belfast has produced a major (and mind-bending) breakthrough, in the form of the first synthesized...

Ant colonies are incredibly complex systems -- the tightly knit, intensely cooperative colonies are closer to a single superorganism than...

Scientists at the Georgia State University, Georgia Regents University and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center found that the brain uses...

Between reports of melting icecaps, starving polar bears and reports of food shortages, it's easy to become pessimistic about life....

Women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) show elevated levels of testosterone and testosterone derivatives in their systems, as well...

A new dwarf planet, designated V774104 has been identified and now takes the crown of most distant object in our...

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed implantable devices...

Many of you reading this hope to one day be able to explore outer space; the thrill of discovery, entwined...

Seismic tremors around Mount St. Helens hint at a new possible eruption in the area. Geological surveys have revealed the...

Researchers studied the link between cycling helmet legislation and recorded head injuries in various parts of the country. Their findings...

Exercise is good for you, we all know that. Even better with drugs.

In a study published Monday in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the University of Queensland caution that the surge...

The study recorded the biological responses (a fancy wording for arousal) of a sample of 345 women who watched videos...