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Superfish: A genetically engineered salmon is on its way to approval for human consumption in the United States. It would not likely be labeled any differently than conventional Atlantic salmon ...

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.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with its Canada and Taiwan partners, Japan, Europe and Chile, ...

The world's largest ground-based observatory has been opened in Chile. Antennas are positioned to capture incredible pictures that ...

If ideas are currency in a knowledge-driven industry such as scientific research, why is intellectual property (IP) so ...

Of the 7,000 languages spoken on the planet, Tembé is at the small end with just 150 speakers ...

For those who enjoy a cup of coffee or green tea, there's good news: drinking them regularly may ...

Physicists are now almost certain the curious “Higgs-like particle” revealed at CERN last year is a Higgs boson.

In the movie Alien, the title character is an extraterrestrial creature that can survive brutal heat and resist ...

Ancient camels up to 29% larger than their modern-day cousins may have roamed the High Arctic of Canada ...

A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers have deployed ...

American multi-millionaire and “space tourist” Dennis Tito plans to help fund a trip to Mars for two intrepid ...