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Live Science spoke with two material scientists to learn more about how exactly the high-performance plastic protects people

Soldiers 1,500 years ago used drilled projectiles to intimidate enemies with a shrill, buzzing sound

University of Michigan researchers measure the intensity and number of impacts, along with their distribution over the players' bodies

A University of Toronto paleontologist suggests the predator's teeth were hidden behind scaly skin when not on the hunt

Hurricane season officially kicks off June 1, and forecasters expect the Atlantic Ocean will spawn a near-average number of hurricanes in 2016

Study identifies the bigger, meaner species in the wild—and on a Miami porch 

Device’s shape and lithium batteries can make it act “like a small rocket” 

Bubbles in 2.7-billion-year-old lava fields suggest Earth's ancient air was half as thick as today's

The wearable robot differs from other exoskeletons because it relies on soft materials to reduce the amount of energy used while carrying a heavy weight by about 7 percent, on average, the researchers found

The crocodile-size reptile lived about 242 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic period

Underwater archeologists have pieced together information about the Independence (CVL 22), which participated in atomic tests before being scuttled in 1951

Paleontologists are now able to visually map the dinosaurs' migration during the time they ruled Earth

Scientists are closer to understanding volcanic lightning, which stems from both ash and ice

Scientists focus on people who carry genetic mutations that cause severe childhood diseases—but don’t get them 

Tissue may help create better skin transplants for patients with severe burns or skin diseases 

The creature had spiderlike mouthparts and eight legs, but lacked spinnerets

Ground-penetrating radar scan of the bard’s grave finds a headless skeleton

Some scientists are calling for more data to be released before they can accept recent claims that King Tutankhamun's tomb contains hidden, undiscovered chambers

Toxoplasmosis may alter brain chemistry in people exhibiting bouts of explosive anger

Photogrammetry highlights features of the English king's skeleton and resting place

The giant tyrannosaur may have migrated from Asia to western North America across a land bridge 67 million years ago

A crustacean-like creature that lived during the Cambrian period left behind a central nerve cord that extended throughout the body, with visible clusters of tissue

Scientists used satellite images to monitor pyramids, tombs and buried cities from 2002 to 2013

Finding could lead to a new way of figuring out how closely related fossil species are to modern humans