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Fear of something or some people within the group can cause people within a group to work better together. Credit: © ARochau / Fotolia Everyone benefits...

These two images, taken a year apart, reveal a moon orbiting the dwarf planet 2007 OR10. Each image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's...

MRI head scan (stock image). The findings from this study could help improve understanding of ADHD, and might be important in challenging beliefs that...

Extinction risks are greater for animals at the small and large ends of the scale. Credit: Illustration: Oliver Day, Oregon State University Animals in the Goldilocks...

A side-by-side comparison shows better heat and drought tolerance in thale cress plants whose level of a specific RNA was increased. Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife...

This is a Humpback whale 'spy hopping'. Credit: BRAHSS project (photo taken under permit as part of the Behavioural Response of Humpback Whales to Seismic...

E-cigarettes can contain nicotine but not many of the harmful substances produced by smoking tobacco, such as tar or carbon monoxide. These products work...

An adult northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). Credit: Jack Dumbacher © 2017 California Academy of Sciences A charismatic owl iconic to Pacific Coast forests is...

This is a schematic of a solar-powered electrolysis cell which converts carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon and oxygenate products with an efficiency far higher than...

Using CRISPR to create different sets of mutations in a gene promoter called SICLV3 (and in several other promoters) enabled researchers to vary the...

Researchers have developed an algorithm that allows residential customers to share power from the renewable energy sources in their homes during an outage. Credit: University...