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In a significant blow to people who believe climate change predictions are just blowing hot air, an international study established...

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Europe's largest minority group, the Romani people have migrated from northwestern India, a new genetic study shows. The Romani, also...

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A strong earthquake with an epicenter off the northeastern coast of Japan shook buildings all the way to Tokyo, leading...

It was a warm, drought plagued year - in July 2012, farmers in the U.S. Midwest and Plains regions watched...

Scientists working at NASA and NOAA have released an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite...

The Ebb and Flow satellites, known together as the Grail mission are mapping the slight differences in gravity across the...

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The North Star (or Pole Star) has been a guiding light for generations of navigators. But a new study conducted...

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Did you know that the Navy trained dolphins to find mines which often blow up? Apparently, it was a cost...

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Data shows that CO2 emissions in 2012 hit 35.6 billion tonnes, showing a 2.6% increase since 2011, and 58% above...

Researchers from the US have developed a hybrid printer that is able to print cartilage which might one day be...

After no less than 48 hours of negotiating in Naples, Italy, the 20 European nations that support the European Space...

Sharks are in a dire position right now, with their numbers decreasing by the millions each year. However, conservationists failed...

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A few days ago, the Curiosity rover staff made an announcement that sent echoes throughout the entire scientific community -...

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The Curiosity rover is spending Thanksgiving on Mars, but its plans don't involve eating turkey or watching football. The rover...

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It's the already a clichee: the big, international company wants to do some highly profitable operations, threatening the native wildlife...

A study conducted by researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science concluded that both Earth and Mars got their water...

Greenhouse gas emissions are growing, growing and growing; the level of CO2 emitted by humans grew to 390.9 parts per...

They may not take up surfing or start drinking or just being weird around cupcakes, but chimpanzees go through mid...

When the first major talks about global warming began, a top margin of 2 degrees was set for 2100, people...

A new study published by MIT revealed, for the first time, what happens inside the brain when you go unconscious....

Bill Foster, member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives wants more scientists in the office, to ensure a more analytic...

Freestyle rapping is perhaps the most prized skill in hip hop - it is the ability to make rhymes on...

The world's oceans are teeming with life, a new census estimating almost 1 million species out there; but marine life...

Early humans developed sophisticated hunting weapons half a million years ago, 200.000 years before researchers believed they did. Image: Courtesy...

Remember the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It is one of the biggest environmental disasters...

Radioactivity is still persisting in the ocean waters near the Fukushima nuclear plant, despite researchers expectation to drop. Researchers published...

Law-makers in Canada and the US are making moves to restrict rat poisons based on blood thinners as studies show...

According to researchers, thousands and thousands of bacteria types (some new to science) can be found in your belly button...

Single cell amoebae can remember, make decisions and anticipate change, urging researchers to redefine what we perceive as intelligence as...

In October 2010, China developed the fastest computer of the day, beating the previous record by 30% - quite an...

According to a new study conducted by Professor Gerald Crabtree, who heads a genetics laboratory at Stanford University in California,...

Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have detected one of the rarest decay particle found in nature, dealing a big...

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A trio working for Abbott Laboratories Inc to treat hepatitis C obtained very high cure rates in new patients and...

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