Why bigger isn’t necessarily faster: a look at animal speed limit
Larger animals are faster -- but only to a certain point.
Silicon 3D-printed heart looks and functions much like the real deal
It could transform how heart transplants work.
The first full system test for the Hyperloop is a success. Not a pipe dream anymore
The first functioning Hyperloop could open as early as 2019 in Dubai.
Scientists use energy-recycling to make it easier than ever to climb stairs
It's meant for people who find it difficult to climb stairs.
How much does the Earth and its population weigh?
Humanity is getting more numerous and fatter while planet Earth itself is getting lighter.
They’re everywhere on facebook, and now scientists have stored a GIF inside a living bacteria with the help of CRISPR
It's the first time CRISPR was used to store and retrieve media from DNA.
Cheap but smart glove translates American Sign Language into text
The device could enable people with speech impairment to communicate easier.
Astronomers just found the smallest star ever. It’s even smaller than Jupiter
This really is a dwarf star.
This wearable ‘chairless chair’ lets you sit wherever you want
Instead of sitting on a chair, you wear one.
Adolescent girls and boys may experience depression differently
Your gender might have a say in how people experience mental disorders.
For the first time, scientists catch water turning into ‘ice seven’ — a strange form of alien ice
Ice isn't as boring as you think.
For the first time, a vaccine for gonorrhea proves effective
Bacterial strains that cause gonorrhea have become resistant to antibiotics.
Eco-friendly artificial spider silk mimics one of nature’s strongest materials
The artificial spider silk is non-toxic and the manufacturing process is sustainable.
The internal urge to eliminate uncertainty favors conspiracy theories
Cognitive closure might compel some to love tinfoil.
Battery innovations might make electric cars cost-effective as early as 2022
Batteries are getting cheaper by the day.
Thousands of methane-filled bubbles are waiting to explode in Siberia
Some of the craters are 50 meters deep.
France will ban the sales of diesel and gasoline vehicles by 2040
Good job, France! *raises wine glass*
Chemical compounds found in Martian soil suggest the planet’s surface is highly toxic
The prospect of finding life on Mars is getting bleaker.
How bees might help smartphone cameras snap more natural-looking photos
They give us honey. Now, bees could offer the best Instagram photos.
Russian space agency finally admits it’s afraid of SpaceX and reveals how it plans to fight back
Can the Russians take on SpaceX?
Novel method can image cancer spreading at the single-cell level
It's now possible to see how individual cancer cells move through the body of a mouse.
Dinosaur extinction paved the way for an explosion of frog life
Move over dino. *Ribbit-Ribbit*
Early Neanderthal DNA suggests a modern human-related dispersal from Africa as early as 220,000 years ago
New insight into the evolution of Neanderthals but also into a common ancestral lineage.
American mothers are weirdly starting to eat placentas — and that might be fatally dangerous for babies
Yet another stupid health fad is making waves.
Almost everything we know about salt may be wrong. Eating salt actually makes you less thirsty but hungrier
Turns out eating a high-salt diet makes the human body act like a camel hump. Read on...
Neanderthals might have practiced prehistoric dentistry 130,000 years ago
Still think Neanderthals were brutes?
What is Vertigo: the most common type of dizziness
Vertigo isn't always fun -- here's everything you need to know about the most common type of dizziness.
Gecko-inspired ‘Velcro’ could help cleanup our growing space junk problem
Inspired by nature, scientists tackle a sticky problem.
Carved human skull fragments found in world’s oldest temple hint at a morbid cult
Another spectacular find from Göbekli Tepe.
Orbiting supermassive black holes confirmed by astronomers for the time
This is one slow dance.
Llama-like creature Darwin used to call the “strangest animal ever discovered” finally gets a family
“Imagine a camel without a hump, with feet like a slender rhino, and a head shaped like a saiga antelope."
Ravens remember the faces of people who duped them into unfair deals
Don't mess with ravens.
Urban birds use cigarette butts as chemical weapons against parasites
House finches use cigarette butts to ward off ticks. They do so on purpose.
World’s largest wind turbine will be taller than the Empire State Building
In wind energy, bigger is almost always better.
Global sea levels rose 50% faster than two decades ago because of Greenland’s melting ice sheet
The cost of non-action could be dramatic by the end of the century.
Electrocaloric refrigerators could be a more energy-efficient, light-weight alternative to today’s fridges
Experimental technology for the future.
Living near noisy traffic makes it harder for women to get pregnant
Sleep quality might have something to do with the reported findings.
What exactly is a photon? Definition, properties, facts
Let's shine some light on the matter.
Why do bird eggs come in so many different shapes ? Look to the wings, biologists say
The best predictor of long or pointy eggs is a bird’s flying ability.
Amazing 14th-century longsword found in Polish bog
Not much is known about its owner.
Powerful magnetic beams might one day solve our space junk problems
ESA is proposing the most promising 'space janitor' yet.
A mutation might extend the lifespan of some men by ten years
Some are lucky.
Curiosity caught on camera climbing Martian mountain by orbiting spacecraft
Can you make out Curiosity from this satellite photo?
Dogs will sniff out stomach cancer in new Japanese trial
You can trust a dog's nose.
Driverless cars are an idea as old as the automobile itself: meet the 1911 ‘Robot Chauffeur’
This 100-year-old silent film is absurdly mesmerizing. Way ahead of its time!
Ancient prosthesis: a 3000-year-old Egyptian wooden toe
It belonged to the daughter of a priest close to the royal family.
Solar could supply up to 80% of domestic heating demand in northern latitude countries
Cold nights in Finland could be kept at bay with solar.
Icelandic family of ten psychotic members helps identify new psychosis-related mutation
One family is helping science make more progress than dozens of study before it.
Where humans went, cats followed — the story of cat domestication started 9,000 years ago
From Egypt's pyramids to Viking longboats, cats never left our side since we invented agriculture.