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For all of its beauty, nature also has a morbid streak. Case in point, there exists a species of ant in Florida that collects the skulls of other ants that they've killed, and decorates their nests with them, reports Phys.

The CCC's second report, entitled biomass in a low-carbon economy, concludes that biomass can only play the role it needs to in the UK's transition towards net-zero if stricter governance to ensure sustainable supplies is implemented.

(NASA) - In November 2017, scientists pointed NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as 'Oumuamua - the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system.

China's “artificial sun” has reached a temperature of 180 million ºF with a heating power of 10 megawatts, according to scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Plasma Physics, where the experiment was conducted.

When Nessa Wrafter suffered after the birth of her child, she decided to make a film about her experience.

Aged three, Romeo Hadley suffered purpura fulminans, which led to both his legs being amputated.

Several small satellites are slated to be sent into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that is scheduled for liftoff Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

A couple share their experience of having sex without condoms when one partner has HIV.

NASA officials confirmed Friday that a test of a key component of the space agency's mission to sample an asteroid was completed successfully.

A major new climate study in the journal Nature got worldwide media coverage for finding that the oceans warmed dramatically faster than previously thought - but now the researchers have retracted that conclusion after a man in the United Kingdom ...

November 16, 2018 • Physics 11, 117. Weighing stuff just got more thrilling, as the world metrological community has now redefined the kilogram—and other quantities—to be based on physical constants.

A perfectly rectangular iceberg was spotted by NASA scientist Jeremy Harbeck in October off of the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica.

NASA decommissioned the Kepler space telescope last night (Nov. 15), beaming "goodnight" commands to the sun-orbiting observatory.

After analyzing volcanic glass particles in ice from a Swiss glacier, a team of researchers has identified why some medieval historians say 536 was the worst year to be alive.

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Soyuz rocket sent a cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station on Friday, a successful launch that cleared the way for the next crew to travel to the space outpost.

During a midnight launch, the Russian space agency blasted thousands of pounds of supplies on their way up to the three astronauts living on the International Space Station.

Astronomers have discovered evidence of an alien world that may help them better understand the nature of the worlds closest to ours.

The home care provider was warned this month by the care regulator about its financial sustainability.

Come early Sunday morning (Nov. 18), the famous Leonid meteor shower will reach its peak, with lesser numbers expected on the preceding and following mornings.

A new report says there's no link between lack of sleep and early death, but does that come as any comfort?