Some 50 million years ago, the world was in dire straits. Atmospheric CO2 levels were at over 1000 ppm, with...

The picture was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), focusing on two snow-covered volcanoes in Russia’s Far East....

Robots really are starting to take over jobs - a company in Japan has just announced they will open the...

Archaeologists from the Charles University in Prague have made a stunning discovery in Egypt: they found a stunningly well preserved...

Scottish researchers have found a way to make cancer cells get "addicted" to self-destruction.

German scientists have turned on a device called a stellerator, the largest of its kind. The machine could pave the...

It's a song of ice and fire - scientists have just witnessed the eruption of the Big Ben volcano in...

The Zika virus that created an international state of emergency just got more scarier: apparently, it can be sexually transmitted....

Tornadoes are associated with the strongest and most violent storms, reaching winds of up to 300 miles per hour (480...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared a state of emergency following the Zika outbreak in South America. The virus...

The Zika outbreak in South America is spreading more and more, reaching pandemic levels.

South African scientists have recreated the quagga - an exotic animal related to the zebras that went extinct in the...

A new study from the University of Sydney found a surprising link between lower back pain and depression.

Using a special type of microscopy, researchers triggered and visualized a chemical reaction at atomic level.

For the first time, the British have received a green light for editing the genes of embryos. They will remove...

The moon does more than cause tides and delight lovers - according to a new study, it can also affect...

Archaeologists working off the coast of Italy have found a Roman shipwreck containing three thousand fish sauce vessels.

In what seemed impossible just a few years ago, a computer has beaten a Go champion.

The age of the Earth is 4.54 billion years - plus or minus 1% (0.05 billion years). But how do...

With all the information floating around on the internet, it's sometimes hard to figure out if something is real or...

The Cassini shuttle is a flagship sent to Saturn to conduct observations of Saturn and its moons. The mission started...

The Tudor period started in 1485 and ended in 1603. Many people idealize Tudor England, but life in those Medieval...

Researchers in China have genetically engineered autistic monkeys which exhibit almost no social interaction.

NASA is very close to reaching a milestone in the construction of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Hubble's successor...

Natural hydrocarbon seeps are providing the nutrients for vast microbial communities to thrive in the Gulf of Mexico.

"High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants," the rock slab says. "Remember the calamity of the great...

According to a report published by Amnesty International, half of the world's Cobalt, an important element used in lithium batteries,...

The Chinese government seems determined to phase out coal from their economy.

Our houses are teeming with tiny insects, but have no fear - not only are they harmless, they might help...

War may have emerged even before humans settled down.

Look at this photo. What do you see? A bunch of camels, right? Well, that's right... but look closer -...

A medical miracle was conducted at Lehigh Valley Health Network in the UK as a man was brought back to...

Archaeologists have reported the stunning discovery of a new (old) city discovered in Honduras.

According to an English-Portuguese duo, the origin of some of the most beloved stories may go back much further than...

Researchers have developed a new graphene-based elastomer that can revolutionize prosthetic skin.

The global fish stocks are depleting at alarming rates, much faster than reported by the UN, a study found.

Mushrooms are pretty awesome in themselves, but some are just off-the-charts awesome. Take Omphalotus olearius for example, also called the jack-o'-lantern mushroom....

Japanese astronomers may have discovered an intermediate black hole close to the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. This...

The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard Art Museums is one of the most colorful places in...

Volcanic eruptions have fascinated and frightened people for millennia, and many have tried to describe them in different ways. Whether...

China just announced the deployment of the world's largest electric buses - in the city of Shenzen.

30 years, frozen solid - now back to life.

According to a study conducted by NASA in 2013, using nuclear energy instead of coal saved almost 2 million lives...

British researchers have just made a stunning discovery - the biggest canyon may not be in the US or China...

North Korea recently announced that it tested a massive H-bomb, one that's "capable of wiping out the entire United States".

The city of London is sued for polluting too much - about 40 times more than it should under EU...

The slump in oil prices coincides with the highest investment in renewables ever: $329.3 billion just in 2015.

In an unfortunate turn of events, a new Ebola fatality has been reported just hours after West Africa was declared...

Archaeologists working in the arctic have found evidence that ancient humans made it to the arctic some 45,000 years ago.

You can't be an advanced civilization until you have a planetary defense office - and it sounds incredibly awesome no...