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The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo made its first flight over the Mojave Desert in California, which was captured on video.

Earth permanently deformed: Geologists have discovered that the Earth's crust may not be as elastic as previously thought. ...

Researchers have created bacteria that can directly produce commercial fuel on demand from sugar.  Until now biofuels were ...

Temple human sacrifice: newly discovered remains of a temple and surrounding buildings in Mexico could have been the ...

Sharks full moon: New research has indicated that sharks tend to dive deeper in the ocean during a ...

What was only a few years ago the most abundant large predator on Earth is now little more ...

A recently published study by the Imperial College London showed that environmental education could be passed between generations ...

June 8th and 9th are very special days. They are World Ocean Day and Coral Triangle Day respectively. ...

Our climate is driven by ocean currents and recent (2009) studies suggest that these may now change dramatically ...

Superfish: A genetically engineered salmon is on its way to approval for human consumption in the United States. ...

An ancient Mayan village buried in volcanic ash for centuries has revealed unusually well-preserved houses, crops, and gardens.

Recently, researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) finally announced the new particle discovered last summer ...

More than 200 million years ago, a massive extinction decimated 76 percent of marine and terrestrial species, marking ...

"Overfishing of sharks is now recognized as a major global conservation concern, with increasing numbers of shark species ...

U.S. researchers have captured individual protons and antiprotons to measure their magnetic charge with unprecedented accuracy.

The giant cyclone spinning around the south pole of our neighboring planet is far more unpredictable than scientists ...

The world’s major international wildlife conference approved a proposal to regulate international trade of sharks in a historic ...

Polar bears in western Hudson Bay are struggling with sea ice that doesn't last long enough due to ...

In September 2010, The Andaman Resort commissioned a survey of the Andaman Reef platform.

It may seem somewhat intuitive, but learning through observation is one of the most potent ways humans learn ...

Each year around 100 million sharks are killed for their fins.

On Friday, March 15 in Washington DC, National Geographic and TEDx hosted a day-long conference on species-revival science ...

Distant, dust-filled galaxies were bursting with newborn stars much earlier in cosmic history than previously thought, according to ...

Earthquakes turn water to gold over hundreds of thousands of years according to a new study by Nature ...

Curiosity Rover has analyzed a rock sample it dug from the Gale Crater, and found evidence that Mars ...

Bat-eating spiders are more common than previously known by biologists, according to a study published March 13.