New global study reveals the six traits that define coolness around the world.

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Orcas, also known as killer whales, are among the most intelligent and social of marine mammals. They live in tight-knit pods ...

“She is undoubtedly the only known case in the world,” said Thierry Peyrard, a medical biologist at Établissement français du ...

A pool cleaner and a spongy polymer can turn used and discarded electronic items into a treasure trove of gold.

By turning old smartphones into micro data centers, the researchers offer a new, sustainable path, one that extends the ...

This geometric figure — first identified by dentist William Bonwill in 1864 — is formed by connecting the two points where ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.

The spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean after a parachute failure, ending a bold experiment in space biology and ...

To researchers, the animals are hardly predatory villains; most are juveniles figuring out how to hunt. Encounters such as ...

Analysts say it marks the largest leap in wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft design since the Cold War, when the Soviet ...