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New study finds Pluto's moons are even stranger than imaginedResearch teams analyze seven years of photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to find that four moons that orbit Pluto are distinct from each other.聽
Prehistoric bird had bizarre tail, say scientistsSome 115 million years ago, on the ancient continent of Gondwana, lived a bird with a ribbonlike tail not seen in modern birds.
Why is your cat such a picky eater? Scientists reveal clues.Cats may experience some bitter compounds differently than humans, new research suggests.
No more raw food diet? Chimps can cook, and would, if they had toolsThe discovery could shed light on the pace at which cooking emerged among humans' early ancestors, according to scientists.
CERN gets back to smashing particles in the search for something bigAfter two years offline, the Large Hadron Collider will start smashing particles together on Wednesday in the search for dark matter.
Ancient shark ancestor may have been bony, rare fossil revealsA new study reveals that sharks may have evolved from bony ancestors, a finding that suggests that modern sharks may be more advanced than previously thought.聽
Weighing the risks of a southern California tsunamiScientists mapping the sea floor off the southern California coast suggest there is a tsunami risk, but likely just a modest one.聽
Critically endangered fish has offspring without matingSeven documented instances of facultative parthenogenesis in smalltooth sawfish suggest that the phenomena might be more common than we thought.
FIFA scandal: The science behind corruptionWhat causes some organizations to become rife with corruption? The answer has little to do with an individual's personal morality, say experts.
What's causing the devastating floods in Texas and Oklahoma?The severe flooding in Texas and Oklahoma is caused by an El Ni帽o pattern that has split the jet stream in two.
NASA spacecraft captures sharpest images yet of CeresA new photo snapped by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the meteor battered surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in our solar system's asteroid belt.
Communication restored with LightSail spacecraftThe space advocacy group, the Planetary Society, has restored contact with its solar sail test vehicle, which is currently in orbit around Earth.
NASA spacecraft to perform final pass of Saturn's bizarre spongy moonNASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to make its last close pass of Hyperion, an irregular, spongelike moon orbiting Saturn.聽
Egypt was humanity's gateway out of Africa, say scientistsA new genetic analysis suggests that humans trekked through Egypt on their way out of Africa.
Why have 121,000 antelopes in Kazakhstan suddenly dropped dead?Just three weeks ago, there were thought to be about 300,000 saiga roaming the Kazakh steppes. Now, nearly 121,000 carcasses have been discovered.聽
Japan's big earthquake: Why deeper means saferSaturday's earthquake off the coast of Japan was big, magnitude 7.8, but it was also deep, at least聽370 miles below the Earth's surface. Why that makes a difference.聽
Early humans left Africa through Egypt, study saysNew genetic research suggests that humans migrated out of Africa through Egypt, not Ethiopia.
Is a tiny fungus killing honeybees?New research helps us understand why 40% of honeybee colonies in the US have vanished.- Tiny CubeSats to watch NASA's next Mars missionNASA's next mission to the Red Planet 聽will be observed by a duo of pint-sized satellites, set to be launched in March 2016.
Flies time when they鈥檙e having fungus, say scientistsNew research suggests that fruit flies have a simple internal timekeeping mechanism, and can even learn to associate smells with different times in the day.
