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Some things on the internet are just mind-bending, and this is definitely one of them.

It's high time something like this happened.

Dandruff is the most common scalp condition, yet we know surprisingly little about it.

Natural history and in general, all natural sciences, are falling out of favor in school curriculums

Fulfilling the job that scientists and unlucky undergrads have been doing for years, the kinetic machine Jller selects and sorts pebbles found...

Greek archaeologists may have located the tomb of Aristotle, one of the most important philosophers and scientists of the Antiquity.

This extraordinary bus concept has been all over the internet, promising to revolutionize public transportation, making it more efficient and...

The team has pushed sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency to 34.5% – establishing a new world record for unfocused sunlight.

The footwear giant has announced it will move much of its activities from Asia back to Germany. The company unveiled...

Deep inside the Bruniquel Cave in France, a set of man-made structures 336 meters from the entrance lie as evidence to the...

A research team discovered two geologically young craters — one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years...

A team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics just beat the previous record by a...

Canadian aboriginals have been using clay to treat their ailments for centuries.

National Geographic's Travel Photographer of the Year is nearing its conclusion, where the winners will be crowned. It's not easy to...

Called ReGen Villages, the project imagines a community of buildings that produce all their own food and energy, while being...

For the first time in history, scientists have cut out HIV genes from live animals.

In the early 1900s, cigarettes were living their golden years - something which millions of lungs regretted. But you can't...

If you like lions, or watching nature documentaries, the odds are you've heard of George Adamson. Nicknamed "Baba ya Simba"...

If I asked you to guess where we have the best chances of finding life outside of Earth, you'd be...

A new study published in the Lancet Psychiatry reports that "magic mushrooms" could help in otherwise "untreatable" cases of depression.

Robots are taking our jobs once again - or rather, helping us do our job a little bit better.

The vaquita marinas are on the verge of extinction, with only 60 individuals remaining in the wild.

Conventional computers are starting to reach their physical limitations but rest assured - a new technology is being worked on...

An offshore of Royal Dutch Shell is responsible for a new oil spill which covered a 13- by 2-mile sheen...

I for one welcome our new robot TAs.

Mount Ruapehu on New Zealand's north island is starting to show signs of eruption, and hikers have been warned to...

ALOS (nicknamed "Daichi") is a Japanese Earth-observation satellite, developed by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), with the main objective of...

The decline of the oil industry continues.

The entire world of archaeology was electrified by recent announcements of a hidden chamber in Tutankhamun's tomb. The story had it...

It's almost like a sixth sense that protects you - but it doesn't help you at all when you're texting.

A team of researchers is investigating the Chicxulub crater, of the asteroid that wiped the dinosaurs (and many other creatures)...

The 2016 Olympics in Rio are riddled with problems, one of them being a potentially global pandemic. Medical doctors are...

If you like burgers - and let's face it, you do - then we have some good news and some...

It's hard to quantify the total contribution of a university or research group to science, but the Nature Index is...

A new study has found that the 35,000 gas filling stations have been overcome by more than 40,000 recharge points,...

    When it comes to photography contests, few do it as good as National Geographic. The Travel Photographer of...

A new Kickstarter project created the perfect application for audiophiles, developing a Hybrid Tube Amp that promises to bring that...

Take a look at the smelliest animals in the world. Continue at your own risk...

The price was just under $10 million at the end of 2007, to being under $10,000 in 2011! In a...

The theremin is a unique musical instrument which involves two antennas and which you can play with your bare hands,...

A surprising study found that a group of ancient lizards called mosasaurs were in fact warm-blooded.

Photo by Carole Raddato Perhaps one of the most underappreciated aspects of archaeology is cooking. We know surprisingly little about how...

A teenager from Quebec might have discovered a hidden Maya city simply by looking at the stars.

Sweets as we know them wouldn't exist without Nestle. The company revolutionized how we eat, they made sugar a vital...

Hold my beer while I'm going to the Moon. In a move that could greatly benefit the space industry, as...

Pay gap, fighting, and over-achieving -- welcome to the world of lefties!

Conservation efforts have failed dramatically as this emblematic species comes closer to extinction. Four years ago, there were an estimated...

If you're left-handed, some of the simplest and most mundane things can be an ordeal. Scissors are awful, musical instruments...