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Two scientists say sterilization requirements for spacecraft are inhibiting research.

A complete genomic look at wild and domestic tomatoes might help us combine their strengths for an ultimate tomato.

What are police departments doing with all that data?

Scientists in Japan have been able, for the first time, to successfully clone a mouse from a blood sample drawn from a living donor's tail.

Fact-checking Edward Snowden's anti-spy technique

Many machines over the past 60 years have been billed as the one that will make the big breakthrough in fusion science, only to stumble. This one could be different.

It's also kind of a cheeky/good idea for a T-shirt.

The oldest sequenced genome will help researchers understand horse evolution.

All eyes on Earth!

Self-serve robot locksmiths have arrived in New York City.

“The space-grown communities of bacteria, called biofilms, formed a ‘column-and-canopy’ structure not previously observed on Earth."--NASA

With the upcoming release of the major motion picture Europa Report, a couple of Jet Propulsion Lab scientists explain how science fiction has evolved in response to our growing understanding of space.

New York's Museum of Food and Drink unveils its first exhibit, with a bang.

Last week, the airplanes of the future filled the sky over Paris. Here are our favorites.

At a speech at Georgetown University, he laid out the basics for how the country will combat climate change--whether or not Congress helps.

A real-life Super Size Me, only for 16 years instead of a month. Want to take a guess what happens to your body?

IRIS is designed to unravel one of the sun's best-kept secrets.

The death toll nearly doubled over the weekend.

How can an oyster rotate pearls so perfectly when it's basically just a giant booger?

A new crowd-sourced effort found 35,000 promising molecules that could make light, flexible solar power materials.