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No dirt, no problem!
Our perception of the world isn't a crystal-clear reflection of reality.
Butterfly iridescence is really, really old.
Sugar is bad for you -- and apparently, adding a sugar tax does wonders for your heath.
The rats are much more efficient than the conventional test.
Standing out from the opposite sex comes at a cost -- and this could make all the difference in the world.
Ah, they grow up so fast.
NASA's future planet hunter has arrived -- and it's set for glory.
A little ice age and modern global warming have had a say in this.
A trio of beautiful, and very useful images.
Probably the most interesting you're going to read today.
Eye candy galore.
The results astonishingly suggest that Alzheimer's effects on the brain could be reversed.
Powered by the Moon's pull, Earth's oceans generate a magnetic field all of their own.
Good news from Portugal!
These are not the waves we're looking for.
The new gripper can grasp almost anything from pipes to porous rocks. Its primary application might be space.
The best kind of ring there is.
A new step forward that might make graphene mainstream.
Science says the water is safe to drink. The locals aren't convinced.
The purpoise of the study was to learn more about the genetics of this unique cetacean.
This is a serious condition that has sent many to the ER multiple times.
It's not something most people will be happy to learn.
"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll glow my beak around!"
The fossil found on a UK beach used to belong to an ancient behemoth.
The first step to making spacebabies is to know if we can actually do it.
Marsbees could cover a lot more ground on the Red Planet than sluggish rovers.
A tiny fingerbone is re-writing the story of human dispersal out of Africa.
The bottom line is you shouldn't joke with chili peppers -- contest or no contest.
It's not an everyday find.
Good news for the little devils!
Well this study is bound to raise some eyebrows.
The science is pretty much settled on this one.
Please don't read this as 'berries cure cancer'.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? We'll see you in the comment section.
The results are encouraging given an aging population around the world.
Century-old samples might teach us something new about climate change.
Scientists are left in the dark again.
The first case was reported in the Netherlands.
They recorded 184 different songs from a population of about 300 individuals.
All the better to breathe with.
The novel camera help researchers devise a novel underwater GPS method.
Taxing plastic bags or coffee cups works -- and the rest of the world should follow suit.
Growing foods, at ungodly temperatures, without any soil or sunlight -- strike one for science!
Writing that everyone can read.
Although their evolutionary paths diverged very early on, liverworts and other plants use similar proteins to fight off molds.
The odds of finding alien life are getting slimmer by the day.
Meanwhile, women are crippled with doubt.
Parotitis may be a complication of infection with the influenza virus.
"Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus," he said.
