Well before Costa Rica shook in a magnitude 7.6 quake in September 2012, geoscientists forecasted that the region was due for a magnitude 7.7 to 7.8 quake
An owl, a cat, a dolphin, and of course the olinguito, are among this year's biggest new species finds
The long-held misconception can be traced to claims made in advertisements for Postum, an early 1900s coffee alternative
A new survey of 20-year-old studies shows that poor archives and inaccessible authors make 90 percent of raw data impossible to find
Photographer Patrick Gries transforms ordinary specimens, stripped of fur and flesh, into art that showcases motion, predation and evolution
Genetic sequencing allows scientists to uncover increasingly prevalent seafood fraud
Continued testing has found evidence of oil in the water, sediments and marine animals of the Gulf
Eight cat bones discovered in an archeological site in China provide a crucial link between domestic cats' evolution from wildcats to pets
The collision of our galaxy with the Andromeda galaxy is billions of years away, but it’s never too early to wonder what will happen
If Santa really lived at the North Pole, he would have drowned long ago--his icy abode is slowly melting
Olympus BioScapes announces ten winners of their 2013 Digital Image Competition, which honors some of the best images taken through a microscope
Experts call on spacefaring nations to protect lunar landing sites, not to mention Neil Armstrong’s footprints
Watch this year's winners of the "Dance Your Ph.D" contest animate sperm competition, cell division and sleep deprivation
Their florescent blue glow lures ants to their death. Mask it, and the plants barely catch any
Male chameleons quickest on the color-changing draw and sporting the brightest palette tend beat out duller competitors
Drilling into Martian rock revealed that it formed at the bottom of a calm lake that may have had the right conditions for sustaining life
As ice melts, the jet stream gets stuck in the north, causing warm weather to linger in the south--but the reason why this occurs remains unknown
A roundup of unique science gifts, from molecular gastronomy kits to mitosis-inspired silk scarves
A group of scientists drilled miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, uncovering conditions that made the Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami so devastating
Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht can make snowflakes with elegant spindles or blocky tabs by manipulating temperature and humidity
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