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According to Wilhelm Hofmann and his team of researchers at the University of Chicago, self control is one of humanity's...

Although astronomers have identified less than a dozen potentially habitable planets so far, a new study suggests that our galaxy may...

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Idaho State University researchers have created uranium crystals by crushing nuclear fuel pellets and heating them in a furnace. This...

Scientists from Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford have analyzed the compositions of Martian meteorites found on...

Rock permeability in the geologic fault that unleashed China's 2008 quake shows that fractures mend quicker than was thought. A...

The Voyager 1 has truly gone where no man has gone before - the brave shuttle is now more than...

A near-Earth object (NEO) is a Solar System object whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth; now, the 10.000th...

Mammals can naturally regenerate the very top of their fingers and toes after amputation; starting from this idea, researchers have...

Is there something that graphene can't do? It's the world's strongest material, even when it has flaws, a graphene aerogel...

Leprosy, or Hansen's disease (HD), is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It was...

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have come across what can be a monumental discovery, demonstrating for the first time...

More and more discoveries seem to hint at a watery past for Mars. Now, NASA research shows that hunks of...

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Astronomers have discovered 26 likely black holes in the Andromea Galaxy - the biggest number of black holes ever found...

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A new study conducted by researchers from Ohio University concluded that both men and women will lie about their behavior...

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The first known case of a bone tumor has been discovered in a Neanderthal who lived about 120,000 years ago...

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It's not a well known problem by most, but those who work in the field are very aware of it...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one mean, hard, disease. It's an autoimmune disease - your body basically fails to identify itself,...

It's a staple of classic science fiction - controlling stuff with your mind. But researchers working at the University of...

If you've ever visited a cave, you probably know the golden rules: Watch you're head, stay on the track, and...

  Early galaxies were very different from those we see today - it was overgrown black holes, and not stars...

Stars have a pull on all planets, but they exhibit a special kind of attraction towards a class of planets...

Towering thunderstorms are a bad sign, often announcing a strong tropical cyclone - and NASA's satellites observed just that. The...

What do Australian researchers do when they don't want to do their homework? They make a study in which they...

The case of birds missing out on a proper penis has been a longstanding mystery in evolutionary biology. Roughly 97%...

A new study suggests that U.S. businesses pay almost $6,000 per year extra for each employee who smokes, compared to...

Yoga supporters have long claimed the benefits of the practice, both on the mind and the soul, but many skeptics...

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Forget meadows. Forget grass. Forget sterile, monotone parks with no plant diversity. Seattle's vision of an urban oasis is becoming...

At 55 million years old, it represents the earliest known member of this broad group of animals that includes humans....

Benjamin Wegener, a researcher at Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences and his team has shown that for squids, it's...

As bad as earthquakes can be, and we've recently had our fair share of earthquakes around the world, the tsunamis...

The French didn't invent wine, no more than Colombians invented coffee or the Italians discovered tomatoes. But... who did? What...

Hydrogen is the most common element in the Universe. It's the first element in the periodic table, and it has...

Just yesterday we were telling you about a change in diet 3.5 million years ago, modifying the way our hominid...

In a quest to make concrete not only more durable but also more sustainable, a group of geologists and engineers...

A team of researchers from Cologne, Munich and Dresden have managed to create artificial magnetic monopoles, similar in many ways...

It's not quite what scientists expected - the width of blood vessels in the eye, at the back of the...

To fully understand the processes and mechanisms that work at a cellular level, biologists should study them in their native,...

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The reemergence of the critically endangered population of Huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) marks a fantastic achievement by local governments and...

New analysis of fossil teeth from extinct fossils has shown that human ancestors greatly expanded their diets 3.5 million years...

Despite the fact that triceratops are some of the most well known dinosaurs, finding a complete skeletons is an extremely...