Cyborg cockroaches might save human lives someday
Half cockroach, half machine, these peculiar insects were hijacked by researchers at Texas A&M University for science. Electrodes implanted in...
Finally, a fully transparent solar energy harvester
University of Michigan researchers have devised what looks like the world's first fully transparent solar cell. Think of all of...
These birds evolutionary diverged on the same island – why this is very big news
While he was only 22 years of age, Charles Darwin sailed on the ship H.M.S. Beagle to the Galapagos Island...
This 3D printer for small molecules might change organic chemistry forever
At his lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Martin Burke laid the foundation for what he simply...
Peruvian farmer forced to relocate because of climate change now demands compensation from German company
Saul Luciano Lliuya is a farmer from Peru whose home in the floodpath of the Palcacocha lake which has been...
For the first time in history, CO2 emissions decouple from economic growth
Historically, CO2 emissions linearly follow the world's economy, either dropping during recession or raising with growth. Today, we're expelling more...
Anti-vaxxer bet $100,000 that scientists couldn’t prove measles exists. German court now orders man to pay up
Four years ago, a vocal anti vaccine activist and a biologist by training challenged not only established medical science, but...
Ultrasound treatment restores memory in Alzheimer’s plagued mice
The most effective weapon against the dreadful Alzheimer's might not be a drug, but a breakthrough therapy based on ultrasounds...
Metaphors help us read other people’s minds
Friends use metaphors more often when speaking to one another, and this helps them gauge each other's emotional state according...
Worker ants doubled in size by scientists to demonstrate epigenetics
Florida worker ants doubled in size after scientists performed chemical changes to their DNA. The ants were not genetically modified...
Growing flowers locally is important too, not just food
Between 1992 and 2007, the number of products sold by farmers directly to consumers increased three fold and twice as...
Artificial leaf breakthrough makes solar fuels one step closer
A team at Caltech has devised a new film coating that facilitates catalysis and electron transfer in a solar powered...
Autism genes predict higher intelligence – if you’re not autistic in the first place
A link between heightened intelligence and autism has been suspected by scientists based on empirical evidence, and now genetic screening...
At least 81% of China’s coastline is heavily polluted
It's not just Chinese air that's dirty and polluted, it's the coastline too.
Homeopathy doesn’t treat any health condition, most comprehensive study to date finds
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia's top medical research body, found that homeopathy does improve or alleviate...
Why Van Gogh’s paintings are fading to white
Belgian scientists have revealed a refined explanation for the chemical process that's currently degrading Vincent van Gogh's famous paintings, which...
How chameleons change color: by changing nanocrystal patterns inside the skin
The chameleon is one of the most remarkable, but also iconic creatures in the animal kingdom. It's color shifting traits...
Doctors perform eye surgery on a goldfish
People generally love their pets, but we'd be lying to say there isn't an inter-species discrimination. How many fish owners...
Your smartphone might be making you stupid
People who excessively rely on their smartphones scored lower on tests which gauged cognitive abilities like analytical thinking than those...
Psychedelics aren’t linked to mental health problems – on the contrary
Two new studies, independently published in the same journal, found that consciousness expanding substances like LSD or psilocybin (the psychoactive...
Supernova flings star out of the Milky Way – it’s the fastest moving star ever
Astronomers have discovered a star racing at a incredible pace of 2.6 million miles an hour (4.2 million kilometers an...
The plane that will circle the globe on solar power alone
Tomorrow, Swiss aviators Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will embark on an epic journey aboard Solar Impulse 2 - an...
Florida officials banned from using words like “climate change” or “global warming” in public
In Florida, some have already found a solution to climate change: just ignore the damn thing! According to a outrageous...
Dropping weights in space to test Einstein’s general relativity
Extraordinaire experimental physicist Galileo Galilei allegedly climbed hundreds of step to reach the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa's...
The farmers of the future will be all robots
By 2050, world population is expected to rise to nine billion, but the amount of arable land meant to grow...
Bill Nye changes his mind about GMOs
Image:Credit: AP/John Davisson Most recently, Bill Nye is famous for his viral debate against against Ken Han on creationism. The debate...
Half of the world’s feed crops will soon be eaten by Chinese pigs
The pace and scale of China's economic transformation have no historical precedent. In 1979, China initiated a series of reforms...
Cosmetic eye surgery turns brown eyes into blue
We live in a society which puts a lot of pressure on looks. Women especially, are always looking for new...
Self-driving cars might generate hundreds of billions in revenue
Some people waste hours each day driving their car, time they could have otherwise spent better. You'll still be trapped...
Wind turbines help crops grow better
It amazes me when I hear people say they're against wind turbines because ... wait for it... they're ugly. If...
Fighting intestinal worm infections with its own genes
Parasitic hookworms infect half a billion people worldwide, causing severe health problems like gastrointestinal issues, cognitive impairment and stunted growth...
WHO says sugar intake should be halved to cut obesity pandemic
It's increasingly hard to eat less sugar, as market shelves are filled with sugary products. In the past ten years...
Why we need to publish negative science – the perils of publication bias
Science journal today seem to be dominated by positive results - that is those that are statistically significant and lead...
Paralyzed woman flies fighter jet with nothing but her thoughts
A crowd gathered for the New America Foundation’s first annual Future of War conference was told by DARPA's director that...
Airports all over the World are turning into Giant Bee Hives
Airports, some of the busiest places, are now becoming unlikely hosts for bees. Not content with mechanical winged contraptions, airports...
Indian lives cut short by three years from pollutoin
India is among the most polluted country in the world, a direct consequence of its growth-orientated policy. Despite economic growth,...
How urban pigeons dodge obstacles: they trade efficiency for safety
Big cities are crammed with millions of pigeons, but despite their large numbers the birds seem to have no problem...
Eating disorder therapy largely ignored for men
It's not just women who are concerned with their bodies and eating disorders, it's men too. This might seem obvious,...
The smallest lifeform imaged:150,000 cells could fit onto the tip of a human hair
US researchers have imaged for the first time ultra-small bacteria, whose existence has been debatable for the past couple of...
The world’s most trafficked animal: the pangolin
This gentle and secluded creature is called a pangolin. Bet you've never heard of him. It looks sort of like...
Bees have false memories too – this might help explain how our own form
Memories aren't infallible - even for those with photographic memory - so, more often than not, they'll seem fuzzy. And...
Ocean oscillation patterns explain global warming ‘hiatus’
One of the prime arguments climate change skeptics throw about is how surface temperatures have remained more or less constant...
Bill Gates commissions Pro-vaccine artworks to remind us why immunization is important
Like most things in our modern day life style, we tend to take vaccines for granted. Some, in ever growing...
This map shows why people are dying earlier than they should by country
In America and other developed countries, the leading causes of death are heart disease and cancer. Elsewhere, the picture can...
Google’s AI beats pro gamers at classic ATARI video games – yes, this is actually important
A complex artificial intelligence program developed by DeepMind, a London-based company which was acquired by Google last year for $400...
Hippo ancestor was the size of an overgrown sheep
Paleontologists have excavated and analyzed the remains of an ancient hypo ancestor in Kenya. The 28 million-year-old fossils paint a...
Newly discovered ancient Black hole is monstrously big for its age
Astronomers have discovered a humongous supermassive black hole that's 12 billion times as massive as the Sun. What's peculiar about...
Rats reward their friends for help – first such act seen among non-humans
Norwegian rats know how to keep their friends close. A new study found they reward other rats for their help...
Pill reduces risk of HIV infection for gay men by 86%
Two new studies - both covering gay men, one in Britain and the other in France - were recently shared...
Decisions are reached in the brain by the same method used to crack the Nazi Enigma code
The highlight of the award winning film, "The Imitation Game", is when Alan Turing and colleagues devise an ingenious statistical...