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A very large dead zone, an area of water with no or very little oxygen, is expected to form in the Gulf of Mexico this year — a trend in recent years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

An eight-legged love tragedy may go something like this: The male spider approaches the female, who is four times his size. She scuttles away, but he creeps closer and closer. Finally, he takes hold of her with his spindly legs, climbs aboard and inserts his "penis" into her genital opening and discharges a jet of sperm. …

How do you decide when to start clapping after a virtuoso performance? And when do you stop?

In Alaska, houses are built to keep warm air in and cold air out, not the other way around. So with a record-setting heat wave scorching the state, residents are sweltering amidst temperatures soaring past 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius).

Move over nanotubes, there's a new futuristic building material in town and its origins may surprise you.

U.S. investigators have recovered and returned historical documents that were stolen two decades ago from Russia's archives, including letters by Catherine the Great and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A lost city known only from inscriptions that existed some 1,200 years ago near Angkor in what is now Cambodia has been uncovered using airborne laser scanning.

Pregnant women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution may be more likely to give birth to children with autism, according to a new study.

James Rollins has one foot planted firmly in science, the other in the unknown.

Technology for restoring vision is still at an early stage, but a new kind of retinal prosthesis allows blind rats to sense light, a study shows.

As violent protests rock Istanbul, another cataclysm is building beneath the city.

The little sounds and puffs of air that toddlers often inject into their baby babble may actually be subtle stand-ins for grammatical words, new research suggests.

Raising awareness of organ donation on social media websites can help boost donation rates, according to a new study.

A new language, one that combines elements of English with traditional indigenous speech, has been discovered in northern Australia, according to a new study.

While young female professionals have many career goals, ascending to the top of their company is not one of them, new research shows.

Giving employees paid time off when they're sick is the best way to keep influenza, or the flu, from spreading throughout the office, new research shows.

NEW YORK — By 2045, humans will achieve digital immortality by uploading their minds to computers — or at least that's what some futurists believe. This notion formed the basis for the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference held here June 14-15.