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The bacterium found last week was an undiscovered lifeform. No, it was a contaminant. No! Yes!

And more disturbing stats from a biennial report on women and minorities in science and engineering. Though it's not all bad!

The next 30 years of observations will revolutionize astronomy.

Architects design buildings for rebuilding after the apocalypse, terraforming Mars, and more.

What kind of porn are New Yorkers searching for? How about Nigerians? Palestinians? Portuguese?

With a decade of war winding down, post-traumatic stress disorder is an increasingly urgent problem. Will the Army's efforts work?

Would suggest running, but it's already too late, probably.

A rock analysis shows the necessary components for sustaining life.

In a new study, babies like it when people are mean to those who are different from them.

Another nail in the coffin for Facebook privacy: An algorithm can accurately predict your demographic info, political preferences, and more, just by looking at your "likes."

And more importantly, is Jurassic Park accurate?

A Swedish man modified an RC airplane, stuck a camera on it, and then flew it to space and back.

That heretofore unknown variety of life found deep below the frozen surface of Lake Vostok in Antarctica? Yeah...about that...

Whether people acquire savant syndrome or are born with it, they exhibit a range of astounding skills. Most share one common thread: tremendous memory.

Inside the construction of the Shanghai Tower.

Which is a bargain, actually.

North Korea has basically zero chance of hitting anyone but themselves with a nuke. But if they did manage to launch a missile, what technology do we have to stop it?

Despite all the trendy concept drawings you may have seen, trees actually hate living on top of buildings.