It's a glorious reminder, but a sad day as well. It's been 42 years since humans have been on the...

This month, a silent drama unfolded in Peru's capital, Lima: representatives of UN countries have debated for two weeks in...

Species on Earth are disappearing at a never-before seen rate in human history. The stark threat hangs over all species...

The wave of outrage against CIA's interrogation techniques (which often involved torture) has been strong and sharp. But aside for...

This is a series of articles about Christmas we here at ZME Science will be doing all December. Our goal...

For the first time, scientists may have found signals of dark matter. After analyzing reams of X-ray data, scientists in EPFL's...

We've all experienced it - waking up early in the morning can be really hard, and even if you do...

The warm, humid Amazonian forests hold a stunning biodiversity; somewhere, deep in that magnificent area, a pretty normal looking gray bird...

Image via RomanulMarius. Geamana is an abandoned village in Romania. It was a very nice and happy village up until...

We've come a long way since the first mammal, a sheep named Dolly, was cloned. Now, a lab in South...

We all know that our oceans are polluted, and one of the biggest problems is plastic pollution. But few people...

A study wrote by Maggie Simpson, Edna Krabappel (two imaginary characters from The Simpsons) and Kim Jong Fun (which I can...

Two specially adapted pseudoscorpions have been reported in a cave on the northern side of the Grand Canyon. The creatures,...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a material which is light like aluminum, but as strong as titanium...

Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain in South America and one of the most spectacular geological formations...

Princeton University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown and potentially substantial source of methane emissions: abandoned oil and gas wells....

When it comes to human prosthetics, there are usually many options available - from simple frames or tools, to advanced,...

Peru announced that it will seek criminal charges against Greenpeace, after activists from the organization damaged the Nazca lines - some...

A rare 520-million-year-old fossil shaped like a 'squashed bird's nest' has been discovered by a Chinese team of paleontologists. The...

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have taken what they describe as “the first step toward a pill that can...

New experimental research found that Saturn's largest Moon, Titan, has much stronger winds than previously believed. These rogue winds actually...

Vikings are often depicted as brutes - raiding, pillaging, killing the men and raping the women. But according to a...

Not all boreholes are the same - scientists using mobile equipment measured how many gaseous compounds are emitted by the extraction...

A major Viking hall measuring over 50 metres in length has been identified near Vadstena in Sweden. Archaeologists from Stockholm University and...

  The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet; consonants are sounds articulated with complete or partial closure...

Three new mosaics have been uncovered in the ancient Greek city of Zeugma, which is actually located in today's Turkey. The...

The Helix Nebula in infrared. Image credits: NASA/Spitzer. The Helix Nebula used to be a star much like our Sun,...

This experimental timelapse from Nicolas Bauer shows how London's sky would look like in the event of a total black-out....

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has set sail to Ceres - one of the most intriguing objects in our solar system. Ceres...

Australian solar researchers have converted over 40 percent of solar light's energy into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported by...

Malaria is one of the most common and dangerous diseases in the world, with the World Health Organization estimating over...

It's one of England's better kept secrets - Old Sarum is a hidden gem among gems, one of the most...

Just one week of camping in the wild (or in any area without man-made light) can reset your body clock...

We already wrote about driverless cars hitting the streets several times (California, University of Michigan) but until now, the talk...

The Electric Eel, a scaleless fish from the Amazon possesses an electroshock system very similar to a Taser. Not only can...

Every language has its own, special idioms. There are thousands of idioms and they occur frequently in all languages. There are...

High speed photography is no longer a new thing... but then again, it depends what you mean by high speed...

Archaeologists have identified the oldest engraving known to mankind - a 500,000 shell scratched by a human ancestor. Detail of...

The elevator was invented over 150 years ago, and now, we're entering a new era in vertical transportation: the first...

Butcher shops are very traditional - they've been around for ages, and they're probably the best place to get quality,...

The world is running out of chocolate, and if we don't take some significant action soon, we'll be dealing with...

Among the more common arguments against wind turbines you usually have noise and ugliness. Personally, I really don't find wind...

It just seems like Ukraine can't catch a break - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday an accident had...

Evidence of ancient bony fish suggests that they copulated even though many of their descendants stopped doing so. Paleontologists believe this...

Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California have published what is probably the first ever...

Christmas came early for physicists as the CERN facility in Switzerland report the discovery of two new baryonic particles from...

The Mediterranean diet has long been known to provide a myriad of health benefits, reducing the risk of heart disease and...

Ants often get a lot of bad rep for being "pests" in the city, but a new study has shown...

You often hear people complaining that kids don't play outside anymore - instead just hanging in the house all day...

In case you didn't know, developers from New York are working on creating the world's first underground park using innovative solar...