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Trash talking has a long and colorful history of flustering game opponents, and now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that discouraging words can be perturbing even when uttered by a robot. The trash talk in the study was ...

Watch the western horizon immediately after the sun sets this week and you will begin to see the unmistakable planet Venus. Often known as the evening star (or morning star when it is on the other side of the sun), Venus is so bright that it is often the only ...

Micrometeroid impacts whacked the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft 54 times in over 4,000 hours of travel. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Looking into the never-ending dark of space, it's easy to think of the solar system as an empty void of nothingness.

Scientists are still learning the potential effects that extended periods spent in space could have on the human body as mankind hopes to embark on long, ambitious journeys through the cosmos. A grave new health threat has been identified that could throw ...

If a sci-fi spaceship does not come with hyperdrive then it is usually fitted with hibernation capsules instead. In movies from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Event Horizon, Alien to Passengers, fictional astronauts get put into 'suspended animation' to cross the ...

This article, How to figure out if a 'killer' asteroid is going to collide with Earth, originally appeared on CNET.com. Do a simple search for "asteroid" on Google News, and the headlines shout at you. "NASA warns of 2-mile-wide planet-killer asteroid headed for ...

Astronomers are worried that a small satellite swarm launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket firm last week will ruin deep space observations of distant stars and galaxies. And they are letting people know about it. Wow!! I am in shock!! The huge amount of ...

File on 4 looks at the impact Britain's medicine shortage crisis is having on patients.

Archaeologists dig up infants who had been buried 2,000 years prior to now wearing 'helmets' made of the skulls of diversified boring CHILDREN to supply protection to them in the afterlife. Two infants had been among the many stays of 11 americans ...

The penny rise would allow it to match Labour's NHS front-line spending plans, the party says.

Republished with permission from the BC Cancer Foundation. VANCOUVER, B.C. – BC Cancer scientists, in partnership with the University of British Columbia, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Microsoft have developed a new method for ...

LOS ANGELES - A study looking into how zero gravity can affect blood flow in the body showed astronauts staying onboard the International Space Station for long periods of time can face health risks. Eleven healthy astronauts – nine men and two women ...

Data from ESA's Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie 'song' that Earth sings when it is hit by a solar storm. The song comes from waves that are generated in the Earth's magnetic field by the collision of the storm. The storm itself is the eruption ...

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. These moons are two of 14 satellites confirmed for Neptune, and two of the seven so-called inner moons, a very tightly packed system interwoven with faint rings. NASA noted ...

The Hubble Space Telescope managed by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) was able to photograph a stunning photo of a distant galaxy with powerful emission lines. The appearance of the strong emissions suggests that the galaxy is bursting ...

Archaeologists in Ecuador have uncovered the remains of babies buried over 2,000 years ago. It would be an interesting find no matter the context, but these infants are leaving researchers scratching their heads for a very specific reason: The children were ...

Dear Dr. Universe: Why does the moon have phases? — Manahil, 14, Pakistan. Dear Manahil,. When astronomers looked at the night sky long ago, they also wondered about questions just like this one. You know, I was also curious about why the moon looks ...

A little robotic explorer will be rolling into Antarctica this month to perform a gymnastic feat - driving upside down under sea ice. BRUIE, or the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, is being developed for underwater exploration in extraterrestrial, icy waters ...

Ollie Gardiner's family raised money to treat his brain tumour but he died aged 13 after a relapse.

An Abertay University bioethicist says it could protect people from debilitating diseases in later life.