News Sci-fi buffs everywhere, rejoyce! The UK military is developing laser weapons January 5, 2017 - Updated on June 16, 2017
News We’re trusting a lot of fake news because we’re abysmal at weeding it out, study finds December 8, 2016
Anthropology Time to update the Paleo Diet — it was heavy on plants and veggies, archaeologists found December 6, 2016
Materials NASA plans to build robots that explore frozen worlds from metallic glass so they don’t shatter December 2, 2016
News Boom Supersonic XB-1 unveiled: the aircraft that will take you from NYC to London in 3.15 hours November 28, 2016 - Updated on November 29, 2016
Materials Scientists make semiconductor-free chip that work similarly to vacuum tubes November 9, 2016
Electronics Atomic-sandwich material could make computers 100 times more energy efficient November 8, 2016
Technology China is building an impressive magnetic levitation train that can go at 600 km/h (373 mph) November 4, 2016
Discoveries Russian scientists stumble upon secret Nazi base in the Arctic November 3, 2016 - Updated on November 4, 2016
Mind & Brain Study finds viewing selfies on social media can make you miserable or jolly — depending on how you see yourself October 24, 2016
Materials Scientists develop tape that adheres to anything and rejects all liquids October 21, 2016 - Updated on October 22, 2016
News A Russian start-up schools Google and Facebook facial recognition technology October 20, 2016 - Updated on October 21, 2016
Environment For the last 18 years, robotic mussels have been watching over our oceans October 19, 2016
Inventions Second generation EM drive is just around the corner, patent made public on Friday October 17, 2016
News Google’s Artificial Intelligence algorithm just navigated London’s underground without any prior knowledge October 17, 2016
Health Higgs Boson physicist develops a fertility app to replace the pill. It’s 99.5% effective October 13, 2016
Discoveries Greek arts may have led to the creation of the Terracotta Army in ancient China October 13, 2016
News UK successfully transmits data via the national electricity grid, in a global premiere October 11, 2016
Discoveries Hurricane Matthews exposed a trove of Civil War cannonballs in South Carolina October 11, 2016
Genetics Modern humans lost some of their smoke-resistance genes and we don’t know why October 10, 2016 - Updated on October 13, 2016
Mind & Brain How the brain makes drinking water feel like a pain once you’re hydrated October 10, 2016
Animals Bees can feel optimism, possibly other ’emotion-like states’ as well, study finds October 7, 2016
Animals Five genes could give dogs their unique human interaction — and they share four with us October 6, 2016
Agriculture Globalization offers us a huge choice of foodstuffs — but we’re not having it October 6, 2016 - Updated on May 24, 2021
Biology Gold growing on trees offers a new prospecting tool October 5, 2016 - Updated on August 15, 2024
Archaeology Archaeologists unearth a huge dinosaur footprint in the Gobi desert October 4, 2016 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Biology Fossil Friday: the earliest known shells from 809 million years ago September 30, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Biology First case of Zika transmitted through touch in Utah was a freak occurrence, paper finds September 30, 2016
News Mark Zuckerberg just shared pictures from Facebook’s Data Center, and it’s like a dystopian sci-fi September 29, 2016
