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After SpaceX managed what seemed to be a successful launch, one of the nine Merlin engines suffered what the company...

We're entering a new era in terms of low orbit space flight, ladies and gents. SpaceX successfully launched the first...

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was absolutely brutal: at a magnitude of 8, and coming in a totally unexpected area, it...

Einstein's theory, as well as other theories about the fundamental space-time fabric around a black hole may be strongly tested,...

A laudable measure was adopted in Missouri: birth control was made free for women and teens at high risk of...

Felix Baumgartner of Austria has a tattoo on his arm: "Born to fly", it says; and he will put it...

The Curiosity rover is preparing to scoop in the Martian soil for the first time. The vehicle has driven up...

Cooperation is central to human social behavior. Back in the early, dawning days of humanity, we were inferior from nearly...

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The universe is expanding - fast. Researchers had a pretty good idea how fast, but now, they measured in even...

Remember when, in 2010, we told you about a team of researchers which claimed they found a bacteria that feasts...

No, this is not some satanic initiative to take over the world or something - the Devil Ark is a...

It's not only tigers, corals and other known and liked animals that are close to extinction: beetles have it rough...

It's not only the fish population which is decreasing, but also fish size - according to a new study conducted...

Dissolvable electronic materials could be extremely useful in medical procedures and environmentally friendly gadgets - and they're almost here. Dissolving...

Although Curiosity landed recently on Mars, the rover is already proving its usefulness, beaming back all sort of interesting information;...

I sometimes found myself shocked when I see just how brightly colored some flowers, insects, or even grass can get....

These little spiny African mice can do something no other mammal can: they completely regenerate damaged tissue, a feat once...

The past few years have been marked by numerous seismic events, some of dramatic magnitude; aside from the huge 9.1...

A Buddhist statue brought to Germany by a Nazi expedition to Tibet has been proven to be of extraterrestrial origin....

Japanese researchers announced they've seen evidence of the reclusive element 113, a super-heavy, super-unstable element near the bottom of the...

Ahoy, ye landlubbers! Google is bringing Street View underwater, for the ones who want to go on an adventure in...

Fantastic news for physics lovers: pretty much all particle physics articles will now be open-source, thanks to a deal between...

In the Tasmanian Devil Ark, is the largest conservation breeding program for the Tasmanian devil, and a much needed one,...

Researchers managed to construct a three dimensional (3D) portrait of two nymphs that inhabited our planet 305 million years ago...

Yes, we're living it. For the 330th consecutive month, it's been hotter than the 20th century average. The National Climatic...

Just a few days ago, I was telling you how Hubble photographed the faintest, oldest galaxy ever observed, and now,...

These intricate patterns are not only stunningly beautiful, they also serve a well defined purpose. The 'mystery circle'   Yoji...

This year, we witnessed the United States' carbon emissions drop to a record level, one that hasn't been seen in...

Considering how long has passed since Curiosity landed on the Red Planet, it was about time the rover started mingling...

Every scientist dreams of getting his hands on a Nobel prize - it's the highlight of one's career, unless you're...

We often like to think us humans have achieved a remarkable standard of efficiency and development - but a look...

The moment many of us have been waiting for is almost here: Curiosity prepares to make its first contact with...

As I was explaining in a previous article, Arctic ice is thinning and is expected to totally collapse in just...

Arctic ice, a key indicator for global climate status, has reached another record low, lower than in computer estimates, hinting...

The first galaxies formed very fast after the Big Bang - in cosmic time, that is. It's estimated that the...

Known for its sobriety and cumbersome bureaucracy, the European Commission rarely gives good news, especially lately; to bring even more...

Culturing mammalian cells is currently the only way to make some complex proteins used in certain drugs; but growing such...

Scientists have finally managed to track sperm patterns in 3D, for the first time in history. Bless their gifted brains,...

A team of archaeologists led by Professor Michael Hoff, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has unearthed a Roman mosaic measuring...

Russia announced the declassification of a huge diamond deposit, twice as hard as average ones, and about 10 times bigger...

Hans Rosling is one of the most remarkable people on the face of the Earth - even the most educated,...

Growing populations of hungry sea otters can become one of our powerful allies in the fight against global warming; why?...

Last May, European scientists managed to teleport photons using quantum phenomena over a distance of 143 kilometers, across two Canary...

The Japanese scientific deep sea vessel Chikyu managed to set a new world record by drilling down to over 2.200...

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A team of experts in mechanics, materials, medicine and tissue engineering have managed to create a self replicating gel which...

The world we're living in seems to be heading towards a mass extinction, in which humanity plays a crucial role....

It's one asteroid down and one to go, for NASA's Dawn spacecraft. After spending a year studying the Vesta asteroid...