Cambridge researchers have developed a non-toxic method for producing ultra-thin — and very strong — fiber for use in traditional clothing, medical devices, and even shrapnel-resistant military apparel.
Diclofenac is often used to treat pain, tenderness, swelling and stillness resulting from various types of arthritis.
Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts
Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, owned only one home during his entire life: the Hamilton Grange.
One of the largest icebergs ever recorded, packing about a trillion tons of ice or enough to fill up two Lake Eries, has just split off from Antarctica, in a much anticipated, though not celebrated, calving event.
Making even small changes in your diet really can help you live longer, a new study shows.
Diatoms, long thought to reproduce asexually, do engage in sexual reproduction, with ammonium acting as an aphrodisiac.
A human-caused mass extinction is underway, threatening the foundations of civilization, researchers argue in a study of the planet's declining biodiversity.
Two separate sightings of majestic whale sharks have occurred in the past few weeks near Ocean City, Maryland.
A new study analyzed anonymous smartphone data from more than 700,000 people in 111 countries to track step counts around the world.
Fire ants can build miniature look-alikes of the Eiffel Tower from their own bodies, and the insects perpetually rebuild the structures to save them from collapsing, a new study finds.
A German Enigma machine found at a flea market in Bucharest, Romania, has sold for about $51,000 at auction.
Some emergency-medicine doctors want to banish the phrase "dry drowning" because the term doesn't actually refer to any medically accepted conditions.
The calving of a massive iceberg from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf progressed rapidly in recent months, growing from a crack that first appeared in 2010.
Like other well-to-do New Yorkers in the late 1700s, Alexander Hamilton and his family moved to Harlem Heights in Upper Manhattan, a rural area with cool breezes that also provided an escape from the yellow fever threat in Lower Manhattan.
A room in the Vatican apartments contains two old paintings that deserve a fresh look.
