A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

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The Bayeux Tapestry, an enormous length of embroidered cloth depicting events culminating in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, ...

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This year, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) officially recognized a fifth form of diabetes, after decades of ...

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A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...

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It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what's a comfortable sleeping temperature.

By firing tiny projectiles of iron-carbon alloy from a high-speed cannon, scientists have finally demonstrated that a weird ...