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Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions ...

A new method turns noise into valuable data to enhance understanding of chemical reactions and material properties with unprecedented detail at the atomic level. The results of this research are now ...

The Wild Ones follows three experts out to capture video of species including the Gobi bear and the Javan rhinoceros. It is a ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of genetic material ...

Sarah Goodwin started the Science Communication Lab to create short and feature-length documentaries that demystify science through the power of film. A top award winner of the National Academies’ ...

Research published in JAMA Health Forum projects 13-14 excess deaths and over 800 preventable hospitalizations annually per ...

In a cosmic first, McClure and her team stared deep into the gas disk around the baby star and detected solid specks ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters – much like owls on land today.The research, ...

New study finds that people in 12 African countries don’t fully accept that extreme weather disasters are caused by climate ...

Improved bacterial cellulose could help create tougher, greener materials for things we use every day. As plastic waste ...