While the Kepler spacecraft has been hobbling along since it malfunctioned more than two years ago, the planet-hunting space telescope recently managed...
Scientists and tech experts — including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Professor Stephen Hawking – addressed the potential...
The scientific community has long believed that the extinction of woolly mammoths, giant sloths, cave lions, and other megafauna was the direct...
The Smithsonian Institute recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with the intent of raising half-a-million dollars to preserve Neil Armstrong’s Apollo...
The nearly 100-year-old mystery of how delicate strands of glistening ice known as “hair ice” burst through rotting tree limbs has been...
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, are exploring the concept of wind-powered robotic probe which could explore distant...
The lifespan of orcas, or killer whales, raised in captivity is just as long as those who live in the wild, according...
Boa constrictors attack their prey quickly, ending the life of an intended meal within seconds. The scientific community has long believed that...
A new study warns of catastrophic losses resulting from climate change that include rising oceans, changes in weather, and ocean temperatures. NASA’s...
A Canadian robot known as “hitchBOT” is making its way across America after having successfully hitchhiked its way from Nova Scotia to...
The spacesuit worn by American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, is at the center of the...
Researchers employing femtosecond lasers in order to analyze the skin of astronauts have found that human skin thins in space. The researchers...
A team of scientists from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute AI and Reasoning Lab in New York gave an adapted version of the...
The first half of 2015 has beat the record for the warmest months worldwide, according to government scientists who released a pair...
Mosquitoes use their powerful sense of smell to track down their prey, according to a new study. According to The National Monitor,...
Five nations that surround the Arctic Ocean declared a fishing ban on Thursday to help prevent the rapid melting of polar ice...
Scientists have discovered a shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina which, according to archaeologists who examined photos of artifacts dredged from...
Microscopic marine life known as phytoplankton might be brightening up the sky all around the world, a new study published in the...
Scientists recently discovered, by accident, the oldest known sperm to date. The ancient sperm, which predates the previous record holder by over...
Researchers from Rice University recently discovered a new method to keep electronic devices and gadgets cool by controlling heat flows from within...