Researchers have long known that Mars has water in the form of ice, but now, after years and years of...

Astronomers have known for quite a while that Mars has distinct polar ice caps, but the Red Planet might also...

When tyrannosaurs ruled the world, no one was safe from them - not even other tyrannosaurs. The skull of an...

Magnets - they come in all sizes, they fascinate everyone, and they're extremely useful in modern society. I won't go...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England claim to have unraveled one of the great mysteries of electromagnetism, and...

Image via Poojycat. The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel, in Sussex (doh!). In...

Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is one of the most common phobias humans have. But out of all the spiders...

It's the favorite hash tag we've had since #OverlyHonestMethods: scientists are flooding Twitter with their own revelations and reasons why they...

I know, I know -- reading is fun, it's hip, and it's good for you. There's plenty of reasons why...

It's one of the most amazing creatures you've never heard about: the pyrosome. It often looks like a giant inflatable...

"Lose weight NOW", "You'll never believe how got slim", "An easy way to lose extra pounds" - big claims, with...

The human brain is one of the biggest and most intriguing mysteries scientists are tackling. It's an incredibly active, bustling...

A 1,000 year old Anglo-Saxon ‘eye salve’ made from onion, garlic, wine and part of a cow’s stomach wipes out...

Some areas of South America are so special and magical... that you might even find a dragon - or actually,...

In unanimous vote, the city of Vancouver, Canada, passed its Greenest City Action Plan - to become the world's greenest city...

Tomorrow's bridges, tunnels and other engineering structures might be built with a different type of "smart" concrete: Belgian researchers at...

Homo is the genus of hominids that includes modern humans, as well as other species closely related to them... I...

Image via BirdSleuth. The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and citizen scientists... do citizen science! In case you're...

With the advancements in 3D printing, it only seems like a matter of time until it starts to actively affect...

I know, the title sounds like one of those scams that promise you'll lose weight - but this is all...

A group of biochemical engineers in the US have managed to give a volunteer complete night vision, allowing him to...

Repeat photography (or rephotography) is a technique in which photographs are taken repeatedly at a site to see how it...

China is the largest polluter in the world at the moment, and they're also reaping what they sew. But you...

There's good news, and bad news. The good news is that an extremely rare bunny has been observed for the...

Finland, one of the educational hotspots of the world, is committed to a revolution in education: by 2020, they will...

A chance discovery has provided experimental evidence that stars may generate sound. While he was examining the interaction of an...

A group of leading scientists and non-profit organizations are urging museums of science and natural history to break their ties...

A shocking image went viral a few days ago, with an 11th-century French abbey completely surrounded by water following a...

Australian researchers have uncovered what might be the biggest impact asteroid impact zone in the world - at over 400...

It might look cool, but this genetic condition can cause some very serious health problems.

In December 1994, three explorers made a surprising discovery in southern France - a rumble of stones blocking the entrance...

Paris authorities have put in place 24-hour emergency measures to limit the number of cars in traffic as part of...

Mustafah Abdulaziz (USA), First prize winner   Syngenta Photography Award aims to draw attention on pressing social and environmental issues,...

For her MA degree project at the University of West Hungary, Budapest-based graphic designer Barbara Bernát came up with these beautiful...

This is it - the pinnacle of technological development, the result of countless research hours; yes, it's a tree.

It's about as unusual and heartwarming as it gets - Jia Haixia is completely blind and his best friend, Jia...

Physics on your feet is basically a collection of physics problems (with solutions at the end), presented in an illustrated...

See: Previous Week First samples collected from Antarctica’s blood falls Article Featured Researcher: Jill Mikucki Affiliation: University of Tennessee Knoxville...

When James Lovelock came up with the Gaia hypothesis, today also commonly referred to as Gaia theory, he likely didn't...

Designer Thomas Heatherwick just completed construction on a cluster of 12 parsnip tornado-shaped towers for the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The building,...

Some 17 million years ago, a beaked whale took a wrong turn up an African river, something which ultimately proved...

A rather surprising study found that graphene's imperfections can actually be used to improve fuel cell efficiency. Researchers from Northwestern...

In 2005 Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns set up a baby kangaroo rescue centre in central Australia’s Alice Springs. The main goal...

According to Danish and Australian researchers, there are billions of the stars in the Milky Way located in the "habitable...

Leading climate change denier U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has had enough of NASA studying our planet: he wants NASA...

A year ago, Oxford University professor of human genetics Bryan Sykes and his colleagues took some unusual hair samples found...

Researchers from NASA, Imperial College in London and Texas University have discovered two seafloor troughs that allow warm ocean water...

Researchers at Brown University have found a cheaper and easier way to create hybrid perovskites, enabling engineers to develop more...

As we go around our daily lives with wireless internet and satellite smartphones, it's easy to forget that at the...

I've had this book on my desk for longer than I'd care to admit... but not because I didn't want...