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The unique physique of a giant penguin species that existed about 25 million years ago in modern-day New Zealand has finally been revealed.

“A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do ...

The laboratories that discovered neutrinos traveling faster than light now backtrack and state that they have found two ...

Australian researchers have been able to place a single phosphorous atom with extreme accuracy inside a silicon crystal, ...

Certain species of squid could choose to fly instead of swim to travel energy efficiently while migrating.

Some schooling fish have an unusual way of warning others of predation—when they are injured, they release something ...

Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) can provide visual information via other senses to people who are born blind, enabling ...

The world’s deepest land-living animal, an arthropod called a springtail, has been found in Krubera-Voronja, the deepest known ...

Certain proteins can be targeted to stop uncontrollable cell division, such as in the case of cancer, according ...

Scientists have devised a way to see chemical changes inside batteries by using magnetic resonance imaging.

The complete genome of a female Tasmanian devil, which may be the original victim of a facial cancer ...

Study finds that fruit flies can medicate themselves with alcohol to avoid death from parasitic wasps.

Four new chameleon species have been discovered in Madagascar. Measuring mere centimeters in length, they are some of ...

The European Space Observatory's (ESO) Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope has captured images of part of the Taurus ...

New research suggests that the redness of the wings of a ladybird, better known as a ladybug, directly ...

Study finds that having a high-calorie breakfast with a dessert may help to lose weight.

Cocoa—the main ingredient of chocolate—has been found to prevent intestinal complaints and development of colon cancer caused by ...

A calorie intake between 2,100 and 6,000 calories per day may more than double the risk of mild ...

"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined ...

Tiny primates in South-East Asia called tarsiers can produce ultrasonic calls, high above frequencies that are audible to ...

The mating call of a bushcricket from the Mid-Jurassic Period has been recreated by an international team of ...

The brains of tiny spiders are so large that they fill their bodies and overflow into their legs, ...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD, published last week the National Strategy for ...

Were modern humans the first to mass-manufacture items in an organized manner? Recent findings from Qesem Cave near ...

This article is the fifth of our five-part series on near-death experiences, exploring decades of research on the ...

This article is the fourth of our five-part series on near-death experiences, exploring decades of research on the topic. Click HERE to ...

This article is the third of our five-part series on near-death experiences, exploring decades of research on the ...