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The ants may go marching one by one, but they end up forming a superstructure of thousands -- and together they can form a raft that stretches the boundaries of the laws of physics, according to new research released today.

A team of researchers who got a first look at a foot bone from famous fossil Lucy who lived 3 million or more years ago, and concluded this ancestor was fully comfortable with life on the ground, rather than in the trees.

Researchers have demonstrated an idea for an invisibility cloak using calcite, a common crystalline material.

Some researchers now question last year's discovery of a planet outside our solar system, in a so-called "habitable" zone not too hot for liquid ...

Researchers have developed a simple geometrical method to add weight to the idea that ours is a flat, dark-energy-rich Universe.

Research by University of Leeds plant scientists has uncovered a snapshot of evolution in progress, by tracing how a gene mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts in different ways.

An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now.

European researchers observe for the first time a transformation in neutrinos, evidence that they have mass. It's an important step in understanding the universe's dark matter.

President Barack Obama has set a goal of devoting 3% of gross domestic product to US science research.