In what can only be called a medical oddity, doctors in Columbia found that a man's lung tumor wasn't actually...

From Dec. 14, NASA is opening applications for its new astronaut crew. The minimal requirements aren't that strict, but as...

Before the official talks at the UN climate change summit start next month in Paris, each nation was invited to...

Tyrannosaurus was one of the fiercest land predators ever, despite claims that the dinosaur was mostly a scavenger. While this...

The pineapple is the second most grown fruit crop behind bananas, with 85 countries producing about 25 million metric tons...

It's no secret that people nowadays spend most of their time indoors. In high-income countries, as many as 66% of...

The famous inventor and tech pundit shares a few words on why he thinks humans will soon live forever.

Our solar system likely had a fifth gas giant in its initial configuration, but the planet was ejected by Jupiter...

Changes in surface height as measured by satellite altimeters suggest the Antarctic peninsula is experiencing a net gain of ice...

For the second time this year, however, the desert bloomed as thousands of dormant species of flowers and plants awoke...

Russia is locking up six women together to simulate a trip to the moon and back. But no one is...

After using relaxation-response technique, such as yoga, meditation and even prayer, participants involved in a study coordinated by the Massachusetts...

When humans and nature work together, you can build some extraordinary designs. At MIT, living things are integrated using today's...

Of all the major conservative parties in the democratic world, the Republican Party stands alone in its denial of the...

eam at Lawrence Livermore, helped by researchers from all around the world, announced the discovery of five new isotopes, adding...

Science and medicine advances have stretched the life span further than ever. That's good news, but the quality of life...

Manure has been used as a plant and crop fertilizer since the dawn of agriculture, but since poop is naturally...

This Wednesday at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda Motors will unveil its brand new hydrogen car: the FCV (not its...

A team of scientists from Switzerland, Russia, Denmark, Belgium and Canada has for the first time demonstrated that it is...

Money. It makes the brain go nuts!

In a room filled with oil & gas executives, a veteran lobbyist called Richard Berman held a crash course on...

If you still think wind and solar energy can't possibly work because they're too expensive, you're trapped in time. As...

Nobody wants to know how a hot dog is made, because you always know there's some crazy stuff inside. If...

Martin Shkreli, chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals, became over night one of the most despised figures in the pharmaceutical...

Approximately 3.8tn cubic metres of water is used by humans annually with 70% being consumed by the global agriculture sector,...

"Please enter a strong password", is now an ubiquitous greeting whenever we try to register online. Security experts advise we...

Couple of weeks ago, Volkswagen admitted it had cheated US tests to make its diesel cars seem more green than...

The Concorde was created by Britain's British Aircraft Corporation and France's Aérospatiale in the early 1960s. But it wasn't until...

After five years of painstakingly stitching together pictures of the Milky Way, astronomers from Ruhr University Bochum have finally completed...

We humans arguably came to dominate the world thanks to our dexterous hands, which allow gripping tools and manipulating objects....

Marijuana use has doubled among American adults from 2001 to 2013. About 10% of the population or 22 million are...

Bitcoin's blockchain database is shared by all nodes participating in a system - that's more computing power than Google has....

"No amount of alcohol should be considered safe to drink during any trimester of pregnancy," wrote the the American Academy...

Carbon nanotubes are a class of advanced materials that researchers think will transform electronics someday, but while great effort is...

The current procedure for Ebola survivors is wait 42 consecutive days for the tests to come back negative, then the...

In 2006, the US court found the tobacco industry guilty of a decades-long racketeering enterprise in which it conspired to...

Defecating outside comes at a great toll to the numerous, and often crowded Indian people. Lack of basic hygiene means...

It probably took a bit of convincing for man to turn wolves into dogs through domestication. At least this is...

Used to make almost everything from skyscraper girders, automobiles, and appliances to thumb tacks and paper clips, steel is one...

You've probably heard some of the headlines: eBay hacked; Apple hacked etc. It's infuriating when your private records, which you...

The last time humans set foot on the moon was 1972. Feeling confident it had clearly showed its superiority over...

With today's propulsion tech, it takes at least 1.5 years for a manned crew to reach Mars, and at least...

Every year Nikon holds the Small World Photomicrography Competition awarding the very finest photographers that capture the essence of the...

This Friday, the CEOs of the some of the biggest oil & gas companies in the world, including BP, Shell...

Previously stored away in government archives, some 170,000 photographs from the time of the Great Depression have been now released...

Solar energy could be turned up a notch not by some exotic material or chip, but surprisingly by viruses. A...

By 1918, the Indian born, self-thought mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was already making headlines all over the world, recognized as...

Besides chirps and squeaks, you'll also find bear roars, primate calls, and blue whale songs. In total: 150,000 recordings of...

Bill Gates, the wealthiest man in the world in 2014, has for the past decade concentrated his efforts and resources...

A while ago, aerospace giant applied a patent for a most peculiar propulsion system that uses high power lasers to...