A couple of days back we wrote that Tesla's new model S will be featuring an autopilot mode. The first...

French artist Emeric Chantier’s recent series of plant sculptures is not only a spectacular work of art, but it provides...

In 1975, artist and social activist Adam Purple, known among others for always wearing something purple, was looking out his...

With the Paris summit being just around the corner, it's time to step back and look at who the big...

Just as the Moon is causing waters on Earth to go up and down (tides), so too does the Earth...

DNA - you either know is as deoxyribonucleic acid, or that stuff that somehow makes us what we are. DNA is...

Glassblowing is awesome as it is, but making a chandelier... that's definitely something else. The Science Channel went behind the...

It's been a while, but we're back with one of our favorite features - This Week in Science! If you've...

Most people are content with offering their fish a nice (and hopefully clean) aquarium, for some, keeping an aquarium is...

A walking fish, a jewel snake and a sneezing monkey: these are just some of the biological treasures recently discovered...

It's the first time since March 2014 that the three African countries at the heart of the Ebola epidemic have...

Here, a security barrier designed to prevent vehicle bomb and terrorist attacks gets tested against a 15,000 lbs truck (almost 7 tons)....

Scientists have developed devices that move us one step closer towards eliminating the need for animal testing. These working miniature...

In a monumental decision, British Petroleum (BP) was fined $20.8 billion for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of...

China has set up an ambitious goal of getting 5 million or more electric cars on the streets, and this...

Hurricane Joaquin is an active tropical cyclone that severely impacted large parts of the Bahamas and is currently threatening Bermuda,...

Over a period of 50 days of monitoring,  researchers found 2,625 different plant species for sale on eBay. 510 were...

A few days ago, we were telling you about a potentially groundbreaking study which found a rather surprising correlation between...

Yesterday, we wrote about how the Chinese will be selling genetically engineered micro-pigs as pets; the pigs, which were originally...

Publication bias strikes again: because only positive results are published in scientific journals, medical literature greatly overstates the benefits of...

After the recent Volkswagen fiasco which revealed that their cars emit much more than they should (and claimed), a new...

Further increasing their conservation efforts, New Zealand will develop the world's largest oceanic sanctuary - twice as big as their...

Many researchers have expressed concerns about using such advanced techniques for such frivolous purposes, and personally, I feel like this...

Paleontologists believe they have found the oldest evidence of the bubonic plague, embedded in a flea trapped in amber for...

Italy is home to some of the world's most interesting volcanoes.

A rosy, star-forming nebula thousands of light years away from Earth is "blossoming" in a dazzling cosmic spectacle. Messier 17,...

University of Washington researchers have created the first telepathic link between two humans. Their technique didn't rely on supernatural powers,...

Enamel, the hard, mineralized substance that covers your teeth originated on tough fish scales and then migrated to the teeth,...

Image via Wikipedia. Scientific publishing is a competitive environment, under heavy scrutiny from reviewers, editor and peers. Over the years,...

For the first time, Japanese researchers have successfully grown a pair of kidneys in a lab and then transplanted them...

Scientists working at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have created a very specific type of material from over 1 billion...

A group of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has managed to successfully transfer information...

For the first time, National Geographic magazine is inviting its readers to submit their photos on the Your Shot section and decide...

Trilobites were some of the most dominant creatures on the face of the planet, thriving from the mid Cambrian 521...

Drones are often feared as instruments of destruction, and as John Oliver pointed out, in some parts of the world,...

Researchers from the University of Washington and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) have developed a computer software that...

The Øresund bridge is a wonder of engineering, and one of the coolest engineering accomplishments on the planet.

Middle Age Europe was a place ruled by superstition and mythical beliefs - at least some parts of it were....

About 260 million years ago, this pre-reptile might not have looked like much. With its knobby face and about as...

The tallest structure ever built by mankind on Earth is actually an oil rig - Troll A.

The Norwegian Ministry of Culture has finalized a transition date from Frequency Modulation (FM) radio to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)...

Fourteen years ago, a leading drug maker conducted a study which concluded that Paxil, an antidepressant, was effective and safe...

The world is at an extremely dangerous crossroads: if we keep using non-renewable hydrocarbons and coal the way we have,...

It's the science that makes you laugh, and then makes you think. It's a tradition not nearly as established as...

The Arctic is overrun with giant mosquitoes: larger, furrier versions of the mosquitoes we all know and hate. As temperatures...

Regular soap is really good at killing bacteria, but most people feel that antibacterial soaps are even better. After all,...

A research team has demonstrated the effectiveness of a 3-antibiotic cocktail that kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in all...

Scientists have discovered the longest chain of continental volcanoes in the world, stretching almost 2000 km (1200 miles) on Australia's...

An experiment has found that domestic dogs have lost some of their problem solving abilities, and wolves currently do a...

A massive 8.3 magnitude Earthquake struck the northern coast of Chile on Wednesday night, killing at least five people and...