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Animals are smarter than many people realize, and they can learn to do all sorts of stuff. That's why so many creatures have been domesticated — but it's also why people have tried, over and over, to send animals to war.

When President Obama last week tweeted that '97% of scientists agree: climate change is real, man-made, and dangerous' he drew the attention of his 31 million followers to the most recent study pointing to the consensus in climate science.

Penguins can move underwater with the speed of a swallow or swift, but cannot fly even as far as a chicken. How did a bird that in some cases shuffles 40 miles to its breeding grounds on unsuitable flippers end up losing its ability to fly there quickly?

Dear Consumers: A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you’re starting to do something about it. This cannot continue.

Alex Preston: More than 40 million people globally take an SSRI antidepressant, among them many writers and musicians. But do they hamper the creative process, extinguishing the spark that produces great art, or do they enhance artistic endeavour?

To mark the launch of McKenzie Wark's new book The Spectacle of Disintegration, Verso Books have offered Rhizome readers in the UK a chance to win a 3D printed Guy Debord action figure.

Cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett is one of America's foremost thinkers. In this extract from his new book, he reveals some of the lessons life has taught him.

Every now and again, just sometimes, maybe, Star Trek ventures into some pretty dicey science territory.

An optical illusion can change the implicit biases of Caucasian people against people with darker skin, according to a study published in the August 2013 edition of Cognition.

While the American economy continues to recover from the disastrous financial bust of 2008 and 2009, Europe remains mired in a seemingly endless slump.

Brains are smart enough to rewire themselves, a new international study of rats has found. The study turns on its head the common misconception brain damage is irreversible, showing the precise neural pathways that can compensate after damage to memory structures in the brain. The work has implications for Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and other neurological disorders.

A university professor who was forced to work at Subway when he couldn't find a job as an academic has solved a prime number riddle that has puzzled the best mathematical brains for centuries.

Good news, guys! Candy isn't going to make you fat or kill you or anything negative at all! Feast on M&M's like an 8-year-old on Halloween, because you're totally good on this one.Says a study funded by the National Confectioners Association, a trade group representing the candy, chocolate, and gum industry.

Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it.

From Simone de Beauvoir to Jimmy Savile, on the trail of the intellectual origins of the 'culture of abuse'.

A meteoroid has hit the moon's surface triggering a bright flash which was filmed by a Nasa telescope.

Witch doctors oppose law that could see them jailed, saying magic is part of country's culture.

These cells produce 10-50 watts of power per m2, and could be used to laminate the windows of skyscrapers, giving them an additional source of power. Or they could be printed onto materials such as steel, meaning they could be embedded into roofs of buildings.