Science
Pharoah way to go: What is that pyramid discovered on dwarf planet Ceres?
Scientists are investigating a mysterious, pyramid-shaped mountain on the surface of Ceres.
Global experts’ cure for a warming planet: Cut out coal
Some top international doctors and public health experts have issued an urgent warning: Get off coal as soon as possible.
Owls about that then? Bird could solve tawny problem of noisy turbines
A new material that could make wind turbines and even aircraft quieter by mimicking the design of owls’ wings that allows them to silently hunt their...
Owls in ca-hoots with science in bid to create silent wind turbines
A new material that could make wind turbines and even aircraft quieter by mimicking the design of owls’ wings that allows them to silently hunt their...
Morocco’s fog harvest for water supply puts end to exhausting daily treks
Green technology to turn fog into fresh water straight from the tap has put an end to exhausting daily treks to distant wells by village women in southwest...
Happy, sad angry: World’s first robot with real emotions goes on sale
A robot equipped with a “heart” designed to not only recognise human emotions, but react with simulations of anger, joy and irritation, is...
Oxygen plus protein: Major breakthrough in bid to grow large human organs
Scientists have developed a new tissue engineering technology - overcoming one of the “major hurdles” for growing large organs.
Methane in Mars meteorites suggests possibility of life
Methane, a potential sign of primitive life, has been found in meteorites from Mars, adding weight to the idea that life could live off methane on the...
Mount Everest ‘moves 3cm south west’ after Nepal earthquake
Mount Everest has shifted three centimetres to the southwest because of the devastating Nepal earthquake, according to Chinese research.
Revealed: The simple ear check that reveals a fish’s sex life
Scientists have discovered a new method for examining sex lives and migration patterns of fish - by looking in their ears. By studying ear stones...
Ruff justice: Dogs snub people who are mean to their owners
Dogs do not like people who are mean to their owners, Japanese researchers said Friday and will refuse food offered by people who have snubbed their master. Researchers...
So long and thanks for all the fish: Space hikers return home after 200 days
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti marked today’s departure from the International Space Station with a picture of herself waving goodbye alongside...
Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses
To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with video games: The virtual reality...
Mystery glitch sparks Russian space station to shift its orbit
A glitch on the International Space Station has caused its position in orbit to change - but Russia says the crew is not in danger. The engines of...
They’ve found a Dai-nosaur: Jurassic relic discovered on Wales beach
A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Wales dating back 200million years to the earliest Jurassic period, scientists say. The fossilised skeleton...
Cuteness alert! World’s smallest deer species born at NY zoo
A tiny deer is generating a giant dose of cuteness in New York City. The Wildlife Conservation Society sent out a baby announcement Monday.
Bees are ‘sick of humans’ as bacterial plague wipes out thousands of hives
In a worrying development which could threaten food production, South Africa’s traditionally tough honey bees - which had been resistant to disease...
Japan’s ‘green energy’ plan isn’t too green
Japan’s blueprint for combating climate change includes a heavy reliance on coal, gas and nuclear power over green energy, despite the rapid growth...
Texas doctors hail first successful skull and scalp transplant
Texas doctors say they have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man with a large head wound from cancer treatment. MD...
Texas doctors do first skull and scalp transplant
Texas doctors say they have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man with a large head wound from cancer treatment. MD...
Feeling healthy? New online test predicts your chance of dying in the next 5 years
A new online tool that claims to predict an individual’s likelihood of death with 80 percent accuracy has been launched. The test, for people...
New online test predicts your chance of dying in the next five years
A new online tool that claims to predict an individual’s likelihood of death with 80 per cent accuracy has been launched. The test, for people...
North becomes south: Life on Pluto’s topsy-turvy moons revealed by Hubble
Pluto’s outer moons are continuously toppled and turned as they battle the joint gravitational forces of their parent planet and its primary moon...
Feeling healthy? New online test ‘predicts if you will die in the next five years’
A new online tool which claims to predict an individual’s likelihood of death with 80% accuracy has been launched. The test, for people aged...
Wondering how long you have? Simple score gives five-year death risk
Health researchers have developed a scientifically rigorous death risk calculator that predicts a person’s risk of dying within five years and say...
NASA to test supersonic parachute in flying saucer launch
The U.S. space agency plans to try out the largest parachute ever deployed Wednesday during a flying saucer launch that will test new technologies for...
Who needs a mate? Sawfish are cheating extinction with ‘virgin births’
Scientists say a series of “virgin births”, reproduction without mating, in a critically endangered Florida sawfish species marks the first...
Four arrested in Argentina smuggling over a tonne of meteorites
Police nabbed four alleged smugglers in Argentina trying to steal more than a tonne of protected meteorites, authorities said Saturday.
Spanish tuna tradition, a Japanese gourmet delight
Spanish fishermen in the Strait of Gibraltar have kept alive a 3,000-year-old netting tradition that brings in tuna so tasty, buyers come for it all the...
Sounds of science: NASA satellites sing at World Science Festival
NASA debuted its “NASA Orbit Pavilion” at the World Science Festival in New York today – a metal enclosure offering an auditory experience...
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