Flap your hands like a shark.

At first, it sounds like one of the silliest laws ever: in Switzerland, you're not allowed to own just one...

We may be reaching a historic moment.

The world has spoken and the vote has been cast: people want to name the new British Antarctic research ship...

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin falsely claimed she is “as much a scientist” as Bill Nye. She's not.

Each team is defending one hemisphere!

Hint: it's the urine.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially endorsed the world's first Dengue fever vaccine, a disease that infects 390 million...

"That's not a capitalist market economy anymore," he warned. "That's a feudalist system and it scares … me."

It's glorious and depressing at the same time: NASA used its official Facebook account to shut down one user who...

Religion should be promoting peace, not this...

Believe it or not, this is actually lava.

If you don't travel a lot it's easy to forget just how big and diverse the world really is -...

That's not how the internet should work...

A massive portion of the Greenland ice sheet has started to melt, taking researchers by surprise. The vast region is...

No matter who you ask, they'll tell you the same thing: butter isn't good for you, just use vegetable oil....

Some 600 feet deep, at the bottom of the Loch Ness lake in Scotland, researchers have found the much famed...

Deep radio imaging from researchers working in South Africa have revealed that supermassive black holes in a region of the distant...

Weather forecasts have gotten significantly better in recent years - not because we have a much better understanding of weather...

A Russian billionaire wants to fund the first ever interstellar probe - and he wants to do it in the...

This huge destroyer is apparently too stealthy for its own good - at least at peace. The U.S. Navy’s new Zumwalt-class guided...

It's one of the most common confusions in the English language. In short, silicon is the chemical element Si, while...

Don't believe your eyes - nothing you see is real, and everything can be manipulated. Many people have a long-standing...

Exxon, Shell and three trade associations spent US$114 million in 2015 alone to manipulate lawmakers and public discourse on climate...

We don't give it a lot of through, but things in space are generally round. Not the Red Rectangle though...

There's no "gene for" anything, and there is no "gold standard" or "scientific method" - you're using all those terms...

Antarctic researchers are in need of help - specifically, they need people to study photos of penguins to help them...

Acetaminophen, commonly sold as Tylenol or Paracetamol may affect our ability to solve errors, a new study has found. The...

They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and unfortunately, that seems to be the case for HIV viruses.

A new solar cell prototype developed by Chinese researchers may change the way we use solar panels.

Scotland has met and overcome its objective for green energy in 2015

The first Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite called Terra (previously AM-1) was launched on December 18, 1999. ASTER data contributes to...

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is one of the most talented and famous artists in human history. It's been almost four...

Mouth microbes may be connected to a variety of illnesses, more and more studies are showing. Source: G. Hajishengallis/Nat. Rev....

It always baffles me how some publish completely misleading clickbait titles.

The population dropped sharply from over 5,000 individuals fifty years ago to less than 150 cats ten years ago. However,...

A federal judge has approved the $20.8 bn settlement for BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This fine...

British paleontologists have identified a tiny, ancient animal that carried around its young tethered in capsules around its body, like...

Biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly and efficiently program and design DNA-encoded circuits, giving...

For centuries, chocolatiers have been trying to develop the perfect chocolate coating for bonbons, honing their skill to the point...

It's not who you think it is.

Researchers from Poon University in Seoul have figured out why some of the plants in Korea's capital seem to grow much...

Scientists have identified several new species of spider in the southern United States which can pose dangers to citizens -...

An investigation undertaken by the Huffington Post and Fairfax Media has revealed that billions of dollars of government contracts were awarded...

You know those maps of the world with horizontal lines across the ocean, "this is what you see when you...

Scientists have confirmed what deep down, we already knew: dark chocolate makes you feel better.

Scientists have identified a 1.5 cm creature that predates the dinosaurs by 100 million years. While not exactly a spider,...

A survey of a major oil and natural gas-producing region in Western Canada founds evidence that hydraulic fracturing or "fracking"...

It pains me that studies like this have to be made.

As any pet owner will tell you, cats are great at manipulating us.