For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Scientists think they may have recovered the DNA of virtuoso artist, engineer and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. Samples were ...

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Antarctica’s New Year’s celebration is unlike any other: every January 1 scientists physically move the South Pole. This is ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

LEDs are all around us and come in quite a few different forms, but this new discovery just might open up a whole new realm ...

A host of new science books are due to hit shelves in January, by authors including Claudia Hammond, Deborah Cohen and Daisy ...

Tadeo Ramirez-Parada studied the timing of plant flowering for his PhD — but he didn’t touch a single petal. Instead, he ...