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Watching a particularly beautiful movie of the Sun helps show how the lines between science and art can sometimes blur.

Analysis of Earth's geologic record can reveal how the climate has changed over time. Scientists in New Zealand are examining samples from the rocky landscape once dominated by glaciers.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japan's entertaining robot that sings and looks like a beautiful young female is finally learning how to walk just like a beautiful girl—well, almost.

A detailed look at how Field Museum scientists scanned a mummy and reconstructed her skull, and how an artist in Paris brought her face to life.

Xianxingzhe (lit. "Pioneer" or "Forerunner"), was completed in 2000 after more than a decade of research. It is considered China's first humanoid robot.
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According to researchers at Rice University, a sponge made of pure carbon nanotubes with a dash of boron has been developed that can absorb up to 100 times its weight in oil

The University of British Columbia has opened the most sustainable building in North America, a $37-million “living laboratory” that will help to regenerate the environment and advance research and innovation on global sustainability challenges.

The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) is one of only a handful of buildings worldwide that will provide “net positive” benefits to the environment. It reduces UBC’s carbon emissions, powers itself and a neighboring building with renewable and waste energy, creates drinking water from rain and treats wastewater onsite.