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Probably all of us have, at a certain point, went on a trek in the mountains, or at least went...

I had every bit of admiration for BP when they announced they were going towards some greener alternative, although this...

The return of three Antarctic marine science research vessels marks the crowning of one of Australia's most ambitious International Polar...

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A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth’s shadow (the moon gets behind the...

A long time ago, sharks had no natural enemy; they were on top of the trophic chain. All this has...

A laser is an electronic-optical device that produces coherent light radiation. It's very useful in various fields, such as medicine...

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What seemed to be a very natural and obvious conclusion needed a whole lot of studies and research to be...

A new study has shown that not even a square meter of the world's oceans has been left untouched by...

Nowadays almost everybody, even most bad ass bikers wear safety helmets, and there is a very good reason for that....

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and even recycle carbon from vehicles,...

That's right, from the sandy fields of Sahara, scientists have uncovered the bones of two new ferocious dinosaur predators, of...

This could be the plot for a Dr. Doolittle movie, without the talking to animals. Things were as follows: The...