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Paleontologists have discovered a skull with the teeth of a dinosaur & the beak of a bird that sheds crucial light on how birds...

Scientists have created the first synthetic embryos using stem cells rather than a sperm and egg, and successfully implanted them into...

Facebook has secretly used billions of publicly available photos on Instagram to teach software how to better identify objects.

Helium, as the second most common element in the universe (the first is hydrogen), should be easy to detect. But outside Earth, we can...

As NASA makes plans to send humans farther into space, either to the Moon (although plans for this are shaky) or Mars, they'll...

If you thought China's new initiative to assign every citizen a three-digit approval score based on their loyalty, hobbies, and social...

For Stephen Hawking, it seemed like altering humanity's view on life, the universe, and everything was just something to do on a...

North Korea shocked (and relieved) the world two weeks ago by announcing it's putting a stop to their nuclear tests and shutting down...

The robotic population on Mars will be increasing by one this fall, when NASA's InSight lander touches down on the Red Planet. And its...

When scientists start talking about time travel, the conversation always seems to come back to three things: the speed of light,...

The disillusionment of finding out that the North Pole is not the same as magnetic north is on par with learning that there is no...

As exciting as brand-new discoveries are, some of the most amazing finds are discovered when scientists look back on data (or...

Since NASA is most well known for exploring, and justifiably so, it's easy to forget that the agency focuses a fair amount on our...

It might not be the biggest name in rocket launches right now, but things are going well for Blue Origin, the private aerospace...

The ESA's Gaia satellite is the gift that just keeps on giving--not only has it given astronomers and astrophysicists a super-accurate...

In August of 1945, the US dropped Little Boy, a 9,700-pound atomic bomb, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb exploded with the...

In a lot of ways, coral reefs are like the rainforest--we've been told for years that they're fragile, beautiful, and essential to our...

The world has been watching Yellowstone with a wary eye for years now, waiting for some kind of sign that the area's resident...

The night sky always seems to be especially busy during the month of April. But if you missed the annual Lyrid meteor shower, there's...

NASA won't be launching their latest and greatest Mars rover until 2020, but just like anything we launch into space, it's going to...