Citizens were against installing a solar farm because it would suck all the energy from the sun -- so plants...

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The image above is a timeline with each frame showcasing a stage in our Universe's evolution, from humble beginning to...

Powerful and smart people in the tech space join hands to found a new AI lab - one focused on...

From its first try, a computer can now draw handwritten characters from an unfamiliar language just as well as humans...

There's a new player in the EV market -- one that might give Tesla a run for its money.

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The craziest thing you'll see all day -- predicting what you look like from DNA.

You know something is down when the most important climate change event in history is sponsored by fossil fuel companies.

Emissions flatlined in 2014 -- the first time in 15 years. There is still hope!

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment claim that plants aren't keeping up with CO2 levels.

This map shows what gun ownership on a per capita basis looks like around the world, based on data compiled...

Researchers run a problem on a quantum machine and found it performed 100 million times faster than a conventional processor.

Talks are in full force in Paris at the COP21 climate change conference, but meanwhile in China, Beijing is going...

A few words on how a well stocked library can drastically improve academic performance later in life for your children.

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Elon Musk - involved with cutting-edge tech companies like Tesla, SpaceX and Solar city - told youngsters gathered at an...

Today, at a press conference at COP21, a panel of scientists and chairmen from the IPCC said that they never...

Some 2,440 new coal fired plants are expected to come online by 2030 in eight countries like India, China, Indonesia...

Most people would love to a holographic display in their rooms, and seriously you might not have to wait too...

More than 500 institutions representing over $3.4 trillion chose to divest away from fossil fuels, $800 million of which only...

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, or so the old adage goes. But it's wrong.

President Obama voiced his concerns that any agreement made in Paris, COP21 will be ineffective if it lacks the force...

A report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found we are beyond the peak of...

To make diamonds, the industry typically resorts to subjecting graphite to immense pressure and temperature, which makes production volumes low...

Bill Gates and 27 other billionaires with a collective net worth of $350 billion have joined forces to launch the...

The wealthiest man in the world, Bill Gates, will announce on Monday a massive private-government partnership for a new clean...

You know things are messed up when the head of the House committee that covers science doesn't really understand it....

Researchers at Tufts alter the laws of robotics to teach robots to say "no".

Officially, US citizens are now entitled to any resources they mine off the moon, asteroid or any celestial body outside...

There's an inherent flaw in solar cells: the metal wiring that's quintessential to harnessing the electrons reflects the incoming light,...

It sounds like a plot from Frankenstein, but apparently there's no limit to how versatile flatworms can be. Previously, researchers...

While in South Carolina last weekend, Democrat Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders reiterated a burn he's been feeling for decades: the...

Earlier this year, the New Democratic Party took power after 44-years of Conservative rule. Canadians have lot of emotions and...

Google’s Rachel Potvin took the stage @scale and hinted on just how many lines of code Google uses: a staggering...

At the end of the day, you'll be less caveman or - at the very least - more aware of...

Amber Rudd, the UK's Secretary of Energy and Climate Change, announced the government's new plan to generate clean and cheap...

Jeff Bezos just announced a historical feat: Blue Origin, his space company, successfully launched its New Shepard rocket to 329,839...

Once with the advent of agriculture, and its spread to Europe from the Near East, human society was transformed forever....

A beautiful simulation of two planets colliding. What happens next?

Starting November 30, the world's leaders will meet in Paris at the UN summit for climate change to discuss a...

n 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole, followed by Scott who died on the return journey. Shackleton...

Until the advent of calculus and computing infinite series, not that many digits were added to the ones found by...

You'd think there's not much a little fish can do to hide from predators in open waters. But when rocks,...

The Amazon basin is home to the world's great biodiversity. You'll find more plant and animal species per square foot...

As more Millennials are leaving religion in droves, or choosing not to identify with any faith, acceptance of evolution among...

After five years long of pondering, the FDA finally gave the green light for a genetically modified Atlantic salmon variety....

Some 400 million years ago, during what's called the late Devonian period, the planet went through a dramatic shift in...

The cordon-bleus are unique animals that both sing and tap-dance to attract mates.

The small Central American nation got rid of its armed forced 65 years ago, and the Ticos are a happier...