More than 200 years ago, France's King Louis XVI was killed (along with his wife, Marie Antoinette) via guillotine, and legend has it someone used a handkerchief to soak up the king's blood, then stored the handkerchief in a gourd.
Even four times as deep as most scuba divers venture, the Great Barrier Reef blooms.
Radiation in space might harm the brains of astronauts in deep space by accelerating the development of Alzheimer's disease, a new study on mice suggests.
If the sun looks a little larger than usual today, you're not seeing things. Jan. 2 marks the the point in Earth's orbit at which it is closest to the sun.
A New Hampshire 14 year old has won America’s Top Young Scientist prize for her innovative clean water system, which has great potential for people suffering natural disasters and those living in war zones.
Though some reports suggest jellyfish are taking over the world’s oceans, long-term records of these gelatinous animals fail to show a global increase in jellyfish blooms likely caused by pollution, warming, coastal development and other human influences.
Texas space aficionados hope rockets will someday be launched into orbit from a beachside site near the U.S.-Mexico border, but a tight state budget and a previously frustrated attempt to land such a spaceport could complicate efforts.
As 2012 comes to a close, some might wonder what is looming sky-wise for 2013.What celestial events might we look forward to seeing?
Authorities in southern North Carolina have made one arrest following the theft of 100 meteorites from a science education center and are searching for a second suspect.
When you read about medical breakthroughs in the newspapers, you shouldn't get your hopes up. An increasing number of scientific studies are just plain wrong and are ultimately retracted.
The original itinerary called for starting the drive before the Times Square ball drop, but Curiosity lingered longer than planned at a pit stop, delaying the trip.
NASA's next mission to the Red Planet is undergoing extensive testing in preparation for its launch next year.
Science does plenty of amazing things for society: finding treatments for cancer, putting people in space. But along the way, scientists also discover some truly bizarre things.
Every year the Oxford English Dictionary expands, incorporating terms such as "bromance," "staycation" or "frenemy." But few people use those neologisms, researchers say.
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