Researchers trekking the remote Himalayas to study ants stumbled onto something unexpected lurking under a leaf, and it ...

Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have built a new color-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time. The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered a cannonball that may have been fired during the 1836 Battle of the Alamo — just three months after making a similar rare discovery. The cannonball was discovered on June ...

The Prime Minister has appointed Ann Allen, Priya Guha, Janice Lane, Toufic Machnouk and Tom Solomon, and reappointed Anya Hurlbert and Baroness ...

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A staple for summertime activities- fireworks! Where do they get their characteristic color from? I traveled down to the ...

In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ...

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A Duke study has found that fragments of colorful airborne plastic are heating the planet. When plastic products break down, ...

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A scientist, a jar of pickles and a power strip walk into a room. The punchline involves physics, glowing condiments and a ...