Talk about taking things literally, but it really seems like laughing gas or nitrous oxide, as it's known by its...

The world isn't just fight or flight, there's also a third option: hide. The reef-dwelling fish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris), also known as...

Obesity is a huge problem in the developed world, with some places worse off than others (i.e. the US). There...

When under threat, the pufferfish quickly inflates into a spherical shape to help it ward off  and escape predators. Until now,...

New evidence beamed back by the Curiosity rover and analyzed by NASA JPL scientists suggests that the Gale Crater on Mars had...

Australia's Abbott government has been accused of intentionally taking measures that might lead to an international greenhouse gas emission target...

Nine years and three billion miles later, NASA's New Horizon probe awoke once it neared a strip close to Pluto. The probe...

More than 80 people were hospitalized after inhaling noxious fumes after a pipeline failure caused some 600,000 gallons of oil to...

The human body is a complex biological machine, where each part of the system works in tandem, from cells to...

A breakthrough in optical communications has been reported by Stanford engineers who used a complex algorithm to design a prism-like device...

A series of setbacks, including a strayed boat, gusts of wind and other technical issues, have ruined NASA's plans of...

People who chronically abuse marijuana may be able to quit by replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates...

A team of UK researchers led by none other but  Nobel Laureate Andre Geim - one of persons involved in...

The remains of King Richard III have been confirmed with pin-point accuracy by the latest round of sequencing; exclusive details...

The past couple of months have been really tense for the people who are often times labeled as coming from...

Have you ever wondered why you crave for a drink from time to time or why you can drink alcohol...

Oh, boy. This week's freaky science story comes from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York where researchers...

Solar cell technology has improved dramatically over the past couple of year, yet it will be a long time before...

It might not come as a surprise to hear that the world's strongest material, graphene, was found to be a...

Genetic diversity is essential to our survival, but its exactly the huge variance in genetic information that makes all so...

An experiment fortuitously called DARE (DNA atmospheric re-entry experiment) has come to a most unexpected conclusion: DNA can indeed survive full...

Since ancient times, people living in hot climates learned if they paint their rooftops white, then their quarters would stay...

US researchers demonstrated an implantable device that can deliver a drug payload when triggered by a remote wireless signal. After the...

There's no more faithful companion than a dog, nor more messier. If you thought dog's make a mess when they...

For a long while astronauts coming back home from the ISS would complain how bad the coffee is in Earth's...

Apart from both being shiny, it's hard to see any connection between a Blu-ray disk and a solar panel. Northwestern...

UK researchers highlight once more a depressing topic: income inequality and lack of social mobility. After they tracked families that...

Who would've thought only a decade ago that quantum computers would become real in the upcoming future? Those of us...

The R&D and pre-marketing approval cost of a typical pharmaceutical drug sits at around $2.6 billion, according to a new study...

Inspired by Margaret Thatcher's formidable political skills, researchers in the US sought to understand how a position of power changes...

In 2012, the United States generated almost 14 million tons of plastics as containers and packaging, about 11 million tons...

NASA released a video that helps us visualize where the major CO2 emission hotspots are and how the greenhouse gas travels and...

In response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration launched a counter-offensive which went on to be known as...

We're used to hearing how elephants are driven off by habitat lost, but never the other way around. Researchers at University of...

A massive independent genetic survey sought to replicate the findings of a 20 year old controversial study which identified a stretch...

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? This nonsensical question actually has meaning in the world...

After studying ancient minerals in a meteorite, MIT scientists have gained valuable insights that help explain how the sun, the...

President Obama and Chinese leader  Xi Jinping agreed to sign a deal that will see the US nearly double its...

It's no surprise for anyone to find that soldiers fighting together on the front-line are tied together by a special...

A famous science communicator and TV personality, Bill Nye has served the world a huge favor with his programs, books...

Owing to its mass deployment of coal burning plants and the  7.4 million cars that fill its roads, Delhi now...

Over ninety percent of all the world's ice is in Antarctica, where it can run 4000-5000 meters deep. Yet, as...

Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, is looking to launch a massive fleet of micro-satellites...

In all likelihood, we won't be seeing a manned mission for Mars before 2030, but until this happens forefront research...

"Eat, Cook, Grow" makes us think about how digital technologies are changing our interaction with food.

An international team of more than 100 scientists has undertaken a most complex and challenging task: they've determined the timings and...

Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have devised a particle accelerator that can increase the kinetic energy of particles passing...

Some 450 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, a new planet is being born and astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...

A breakthrough study authored by Harvard University developmental biologists has finally resolved the mystery of how sexual organs appeared for the...