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How did life survive the most severe ice age? A McGill University-led research team has found the first direct evidence that glacial meltwater provided...

Tires gripping the road. Nonslip shoes preventing falls. A hand picking up a pen. A gecko climbing a wall. All these things depend on a...

In space, black holes appear in different sizes and masses. The record is now held by a specimen in the Abell 85 cluster of...

Fish will mate with a species outside their own if the male's colouring is attractive enough or if the female can't see him properly,...

When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches in 2021, one of its most anticipated contributions to astronomy will be the study of exoplanets—planets orbiting...

Humans are now closer to seeing through the eyes of animals, thanks to an innovative software framework developed by researchers from the University of...

Image Credit: CC0 Public Domain Whether we decide to take out that insurance policy, buy Bitcoin, or switch jobs, many economic decisions boil down to...

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Riverside have found a way to produce a...

Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts. The new approach to...

Earth's breathable atmosphere is key for life, and a new study suggests that the first burst of oxygen was added by a spate of...

An EPFL Bachelor's student has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for 100 years. He discovered why gas bubbles in narrow vertical tubes...