There are still many things we have yet to discover about plants, a new study has highlighted. The research team...

When the University of Amsterdam decided to close down several language studies, students reacted; but they didn't protest or used...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Obama administration and California lawmakers have announced a doubling of the size of the Cordell...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has lost years of development progress following the devastating effects of Cyclone Pam. Widely...

The Moon's geologic past was much more interesting and active than previously thought, results from the Chinese lunar rover indicate....

It's awesome when engineers can take inspiration from nature and design something truly spectacular - now, a Berkeley team has...

For centuries, arsenic was the go-to poison in the high circles of Europe, either to knock out political foes or...

Deep inside the Earth, in the gigantic Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam, there lies a completely unique and mostly unknown...

Watch the video all to the end - it starts off a bit slow, but it gets pretty rad towards...

If you've ever visited the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, then you've likely had a surprise. The cold, frigid white...

Extraterrestrial life in our solar system just got a lot more likely: NASA has found convincing evidence that Ganymede and...

It is generally accepted that our galaxy has a diameter of nearly 100,000 light-years. However, findings of a new research, published...

Recent archaeological and anthropological research showed that Neanderthals weren't the mindless brutes we once thought they were - they were...

As more and more researchers are starting to highlight the potential benefits of Psychedelic substances, one recent Norwegian campaign is aiming...

An eruption from an underwater volcano in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' caused a 1-km wide island to form.

It may be the dawn of a new age for particle physics - scientists and engineers are working together to...

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A few days ago, we wrote an article about our featured researchers – outstanding men and women in their field,...

Scientists in Australia have developed a groundbreaking bionic heart that works without having a pulse. The device, which was successfully...

The cockroach - one of the nature's great survivors, hated by building residents throughout the entire world, just got more...

At the core of a newly found dwarf galaxy, astronomers discovered a mysterious source of gamma rays that may signal...

A few days ago, we wrote an article about our featured researchers - outstanding men and women in their field,...

Exoplanet GJ581d is the first potentially habitable world astronomers have discovered, but some astronomers believed that the planet wasn't actually...

A study conducted on 2000 year old tooth enamel found that ancient farmers traveled to the grassy plains southern Africa...

Neil deGrasse Tyson, the internet's favorite astrophysicist doesn't have high hopes for Mars One - the private enterprise that plans...

The Catalina Fox simply can't catch a break - it went from endangered, to doing so well that local residents...

In 2002, Jason Padgett was brutally attacked outside a karaoke bar, getting a brain concussion and a severe case of...

This eagle at Codorus State Park in Pennsylvania has had it up to his neck with snow - both parents, mother...

All image credits: Tom Beddard. Whether we see them in math or in real life biology (or architecture, or art),...

Archaeologists working in Oregon have uncovered a stone tool which seems to be way older than any previously documented site...

Dental health is still a generally neglected issue throughout the world - most people just delay their dental problem or...

Scientists in Finland have been keeping themselves busy testing two different beers... for science, of course. These are not just...

Scientists have found tantalizing evidence regarding Mars' wet past - according to new research, the Red Planet may have once...

You never know what's hidden in food these days... but you also never know what's hidden under supermarkets. Organized rows...

It's not every day that species get such awesome names - but then again, it's not every day that such...

A private company in Hong Kong known as the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Company (HKND) has been given...

Using both modern and historic measurements, researchers now have a more extensive view of how the Arctic sea ice has...

How the tables have turned! While documenting the experiments conducted on campus, Benjamin Savard, a digital media producer at Middlebury College,...

An expedition in the Honduras has emerged from the jungle with a spectacular announcement: they have discovered the remains of...

Anthony Gibbons, a designer which specializes on sustainable materials and biomimicry developed some rad looking tree houses which seem to...

One of the world's most iconic and well known monuments - the Eiffel Tower - just got even better: the...

Sick, got the flu? Well, maybe what you think is the flu really isn't the flu... a new study has...

When she was pregnant, former Chinese news anchor Chai Jing got some tragic news - her unborn daughter was diagnosed...

A new study suggests that two very common emulsifiers - chemicals that stabilize foods and stop products like mayo from...

Scientists undertook the gargantuan task of analyzing the compound chemicals found in the venom of 206 spiders, and they discovered...

If you'd happen to see these two British twins, you'd likely believe they're good friends - or cousins at most....

Many people today are consuming more salt than they actually need - while this may make foods more tasty, it...

In the developed world, obesity is one of the biggest health concerns, so weight loss is one of the hottest...

OK, it's been a while since we did this feature, but it's back now - and it's here to stay....

Most of the time, the so-called civilized world would just rather turn a blind eye towards what is happening in...