Your fingerprints can now be analyzed to discover what you've touched. The analyzer that does this - if it can be miniaturized and automated - will also be able to find molecules associated with cancer in the human body.

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VICTORIA -- A University of B.C. team is having a whale of a time cleaning the eight-tonne skeleton of a blue whale unearthed in the Maritimes. The team is in Victoria cleaning, drilling and assembling the 22-metre skeleton....

Scientists exploring caves in the bone-dry and mostly barren Atacama Desert in Chile stumbled upon a totally unexpected discovery this week: water. They also found hundreds of thousands of animal bones in a cave. . .

An ancient astronomy calculator appears to show the four-year cycle of the early Greek competitions that inspired today's Olympic Games.

The moon's shadow swept across the planet from Canada to China on Friday, delighting throngs of skywatchers who flocked to see a total eclipse of the sun.

American automobile manufacturer Chrysler has plans to equip its cars with a system that will enable people to surf the internet while driving.

Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass.Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol,this has just become a possibility.Despite its solid appearance,glass is actually a 'jammed'>>

Researchers from McGill University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have simulated in the lab the process that can turn ordinary volcanic eruptions into so-called "supervolcanoes," with potentially devastating worldwide impact.

Seven-and-a-half thousand archaeological treasures have been uncovered at the site where outlaw Ned Kelly fought his way into Australia's history.