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Mars has been cold and dry for half its life, but as recently as 500 million years ago, its surface was shaped by water.

The inspiration is less and less MySpace, and more and more New York Times.

Tissues at the ready, everyone.

The finalists for Smithsonian's annual nature photography contest are in, and they're stunning.

In the northernmost reaches of Canada, within the Arctic Circle, scientists have found fossils of...camels. Wait, what?

These findings have changed the way we see our solar system.

It's time for some ridiculous cars more suitable for a poster on a 12-year-old's bedroom wall than a trip to the supermarket!

China’s shape-shifting antenna to map the heavens.

We take a look at a new idea about head injuries in football.

How did these insane slogans actually get on the internet? And who's buying them?

Why moving rigs to the seafloor could make Arctic drilling less risky.

An airline pilot spotted an unmanned flying object dangerously close to his plane in Brooklyn yesterday. What can we learn from this?

Welcome to a future in which big data helps law enforcement predict and punish crime before it happens.

Brown University researchers invented a small, rechargeable implant that can let subjects move freely.

New research tries to measure the impact of streetscapes on our mental health.

Coffitivity gives you the ambient noise of a coffeeshop, wherever you are. I wrote this post while using the service to test it out.

Never get lost in your own metabolic processes again!

They produce only water as exhaust.

Early treatment answers some questions, raises others

A new White House strategy to counter IEDs takes a surprisingly holistic approach.