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Chances are you won't come across anything weirder than a black hole. Here's the proof...
Tyrannosaurs may have had unexpectedly sensitive faces.
Last week was a historic one for SpaceX. Here's what should happen next.
There's a digital satellite at your fingertips you can use for free. Let's explore some amazing Google Earth stories!
India wants 100GW of solar and wind to come online by 2022.
Don't get too upset if your child doesn't seem to understand your worries. But no more excuses past age 4....
Interplanetary potato, yeah!
“It’s such a magical place — Australia’s own Jurassic Park, in a spectacular wilderness setting," one of the researchers said.
The old making way for the new.
In the aftermath of a titanic galactic battle, a merged black hole caused some waves.
There's a lot to be grateful for the first mammalian ancestors who evolved side-to-side chewing.
It's similar to how Facebook's facial tracking algorithm works, only much more useful.
For humans, the same kind of therapy seems years away.
We're getting closer to the ideal silicon solar cell.
Only 29 percent of cancers can be attributed to lifestyle or environmental factors while heritability could explain 5 percent of cancer mutations.
They would have needed fewer pieces of lembas if it weren't for those hungry 'stinking hobbitses'.
German engineers turn on a huge light bulb to better understand solar energy.
The woodpecker's skull is simply built different.
The story of how one of the most iconic American infrastructure works got built -- all in pictures.
Fewer than 1,000 cases are reported worldwide. Now, a breakthrough procedure offers hope to these patients who have to undergo blood transfusions every couple of weeks.
MIT found an elegant solution to a complex problem.
Comets are far more geologically active than we thought.
It uses infrared light instead of radio waves to transfer data.
Scientists performed a remarkable facial reconstruction of a 15th century man who lived his last days at the mercy of charity.
Copernicus is one of the most valuable scientific programs in the world you likely never heard about.
Money is hard to come by these days in Italy but at least people have their good health.
When the kea plays its playful call other parrots just can't help themselves and join in.
This U.S. flag is only a couple nanometers wide or thousands of times thinner than a human hair.
The biofuels reduce carbon emissions and the formation of contrails.
This animal keeps on surprising us.
There's a lot we can learn from these people's lifestyle.
In a rare opportunity, scientists are studying how planets are forming in a very young solar system. They got more than they bargained for.
Sweden wants its citizens to become proficient in two important skills for the 21st century -- and it's working its way bottom-up.
Don't resist progress.
No one knows who the direct ancestor of Neanderthals is but this skull might help shed light.
It's never been easier to make an informed, market-based decision about going solar.
Sustainable design for a greener academic future.
Putting the world's growing food waste problem on wheels.
A daring team of scientists will battle the elements to save ice cores which hold treasures of scientific data before it's too late.
A new study offers an unorthodox explanation for how supermassive black hole formed in the early Universe.
The 21st century biggest musical prodigy might turn out to be a machine.
America's largest renewable energy source will continue to add a lot of new jobs in the coming years.
Exactly six years later after the tsunami hit Fukushima, at least some residents can now sleep without worries.
A groundbreaking study suggests the human brain works fundamentally different than science thought.
This is totally not normal and nobody knows for sure what happened.
Electric cars are getting better and better. With style to boot.
This is no chicken or the egg story.
Finally, scientists explain what's with the panda's cute black and white patches.
One award-winning company is back in style with another crazy robot.
Oil spills are never a pretty sight but an innovative sponge-like material could make these events far less disastrous.
