Tesla wants to buy the biggest solar company in the country and secure an unstoppable energy trident
Tesla Motors wants to buy SolarCity for $2.8 billion in stock-to-stock.
Mother bears now use humans as shields to protect their cub
It's amazing to see how the bears can sense human patterns and use us. It's actually refreshing for a change.
Chameleons use super saliva 400 times stickier than human spit to capture prey
The secret lies in an ultra-sticky saliva that's 400 times more adhesive than human spit, a new study reveals.
Even a sandwich is enough to sway some doctors to prescribe certain brand medications
A controversial study that's sure to anger a lot of doctors found many physicians can be influenced to prescribe brand-name...
How baby songbirds can tell us a thing or two about how we learn to speak
There may be a fine line between how baby birds learn to sing and humans learn to speak.
MIT makes an AI that can predict what the future looks and sounds like
Artificial intelligence is learning in seconds what took humans a lifetime to master.
Japanese macaques wash potatoes, ride deer and other human-like behavior. They’re also in a lot of trouble
Sueur and Pelé have seen Japanese macaques washing potatoes, riding deer for transportation, taking hot-spring baths, handling stones, fighting with...
At least a third of Brits live with chronic pain
Scientists estimate that 43% of Brits now experience chronic pain or around 28 million people.
These people felt what it’s like to be invisible, and the implications could be massive for psychotherapy
What would you if you had the power of invisibility? It's possible in virtual reality. The sensations are as real...
New game theory model explains why people help distant kin
Even though you shouldn't care about helping your third cousin from Wisconsin, chances have it you'll do. Now, there's a...
Keeping coffee in the fridge enhances its flavor, besides keeping it fresh
A new study found there are some added benefits to keeping the coffee in the fridge, which not even the...
Fastest global emissions rate ever means CO2 levels will never fall below 400ppm in our lifetimes
2016 will go in history as the first year carbon emission stay above 400ppm all year round. I don't think...
Equation suggests other people’s fortunes affects our happiness, and inequality makes us very unhappy
As if finding happiness wasn't complicated enough, we now have a multi-variable equation.
Organic molecule in deep space might be ‘handy’ in explaining the origin of life
Thousands of light years away, a two-handed molecule might help us unravel the secrets of life.
Ancient bullets with holes inside were used as a weapon of terror by the Romans
As they whizzed past ramparts, the holed-bullets whistled, "or more accurately gave off a mechanical buzzing sound eerily reminiscent of...
You’ve been waiting all your life for this — a device that literally cancels snoring
Aptly called the "Silent Partner", this device exploits the fundamental physics of pressure sound waves to render snoring mute.
Solar energy now cheaper than fossil fuels even without subsidies
You can only postpone the inevitable.
Nikola, the ‘Tesla of Trucking’, just secured $2.3 billion in pre-orders
Nikola, a shameless spinoff, is trying to do for trucks what Tesla Motors did for cars. Do they have what...
This algorithm reconstructs the faces of people you see by reading your mind
Just from thoughts alone, researchers were able to reconstruct the faces of people portrayed in pictures.
Wildlife needs climate corridors to survive global warming — Eastern U.S. most lacking
Many animals and plants are trapped in the face of mounting climate change. Their only hope are corridors that free...
Scientists make everyday objects invisible from multiple angles
Inching along the path towards the perfect invisibility cloak.
Ancient Greeks used this 2,100-years-old analog computer for both astronomy and astrology
The oldest computer in the world was found a century ago, but scientists are still learning.
Eight in ten Americans can’t see the Milky Way due to light pollution
The vibrant night's sky that has enchanted countless generations is fading from from memory.
The Oscar winning algorithm that makes smoke and explosions seem real
You'll recognize the work instantly if you've seen movies like Avatar, Super 8 or Superman Man of Steel.
CO2 emissions turned into stone at experimental plant in Iceland
The Hellisheidi power plant is the largest geothermal system in the world, but also the site of a unique science...
Elon Musk visits Pentagon to talk about a ‘flying metal suit’
This Wednesday, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk met behind closed doors with United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter down at the...
Hero Rats detect landmines and TB for a living
Detecting landmines can be difficult, dangerous and expensive, but an unsung hero is set to change all this.
Switzerland soon to open first carbon capture plant: interesting engineering or plain stupid?
No later than October, Climeworks expects to open the first ever commercial carbon dioxide capture plant in the world, near...
A monster supermassive black hole was surprised feeding on an unusual supper: cold gas
Astronomers used to think black holes feed exclusively on a hot gas and dust, but it seems they sometimes like...
The Black Plague that killed a third of Europe’s people can be traced to a single bacterial strain
One single bacterial strain is responsible for the death of millions.
The world’s oceans have way more light producing fish than we imagined
There are scores of marine species that have evolved light emitting abilities -- as many as four in five ocean...
Tallest tree in the Tropics is only a few meter shorter than Big Ben
A Yellow Meranti tree that towers at about 89.5m tall was discovered by Cambridge researchers in Malaysia.
Google scientists propose adding a ‘kill switch’ for A.I.
When in danger of A.I. overlords, press the big red button.
Microsoft sniffs for cancer clues in your search queries
Microsoft researchers data mined health queries and detected pancreatic cancer symptoms before the user even thought about it.
Worst pain known to man is caused by the world’s largest ant
The bullet packs the most painful punch in the animal kingdom.
Late-term babies are likelier to be classed as ‘gifted’ in school, but also at risk of health problems
Parents should know this if they want to make an informed decision.
Weird electric eel experiment proves 200-years-old anecdotal account by famous naturalist
One of the most famous biology myths was just confirmed. It was rather shocking.
Action video games like Call of Duty slightly improve cognition in young and older adults alike
Many parents view high-paced action video games as a pernicious pastime for their children, but science says otherwise.
Ultra-thin flat lens leads to smaller, better, cheaper optical devices: from telescopes to VR goggles
Flat lenses could revolutionize optics, researchers say.
Leading scientists will synthesize human genomes from scratch by 2026
Scientists want to build and deploy a fully synthetic human genome in human cell lines within 10 years.
Marijuana use doesn’t affect your physical health, except for one aspect: your gums
A longitudinal study which tracked 1,037 New Zealanders from birth to middle age found marijuana use did not cause physical...
The Inglorious Legacy of the ‘Iron Curtain’ in 20 Maps
Having their troops and secret agents infiltrated through half of Europe all the way to Germany, the Soviet Union as...
Rooftop solar is getting dirt cheap. That’s good news for consumers, but trouble for businesses
The low prices are making a lot of rooftop residents jubilant, but the same can't be said about the largest...
Climate change is making food crops toxic
A startling report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says food crops like wheat and maize are generating toxins...
Here’s why Elon Musk thinks we might be characters in a giant computer simulation
At Recode's Code Conference serial entrepreneur Elon Musk gave his own two cents on why our existence could be in...
Why goats have really weird rectangular pupils
Goat eyes can be pretty freak. But there's a very good reason why they have this distinct square shape.
Mysterious Planet 9 that’s hiding somewhere in our solar system might be stolen from another star
One group from Lund University in Sweden says Planet 9 or Planet X, as it's sometimes called, might actually be...
Painkiller abuse leads to first rise in U.S. death rate in a decade
The United States, a nation who's used to reporting lower mortality ever year, had a larger death rate in 2015...
Culture drives distinct genetic evolution in killer whales — the first non-human animal to do so
Researchers at University of Bern, Switzerland, found Orcinus orca (killer whales) populations have evolved distinct genetic lineages due to unique...
Both Democrats and Republicans use simpler grammar than 50 years ago. Trump most of all, to good effect
Analysists from Grammarly looked at all the general election debate transcripts since the 1960s word for word and found Presidential...