Air Pollution Has Turned New Delhi Into a ‘Veritable Gas Chamber’

Schools are closed, construction has halted, and vehicles have been restricted as levels of PM2.5 pollution spike in the Indian capital.

Building Electronics That Can Work on Venus

NASA, with an eye to future missions, is looking to create robotic missions and components that can survive inside Venus’ atmosphere for prolonged periods of time.

The Star That Would Not Die

Astronomers have made a bizarre discovery; a star that refuses to stop shining.

80 Percent of Epidermis Loss Healed with Genetically Altered Skin

An experimental gene therapy for a rare skin disease sheds light on the cellular mechanisms that help healthy skin continuously regenerate.

Uber unveils flying taxi plans

Uber has unveiled its vision for the flying taxi it hopes to start using for demonstration flights in 2020.

Cape Verde plans to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025

With cutting-edge technologies and innovative business practices, Cape Verde can achieve its 100% renewable energy goal in a way that is cost-effective and equitable.

New Evidence Shows We May Be Living in a Multiverse

We've never actually found any genuine proof for the existence of a multiverse - until now.

Eternal Life Is Mathematically Impossible, Says New Aging Theory

Aging is mathematically inevitable - like, seriously inevitable. There's logically, theoretically, mathematically no way out according to evolutionary biologists.

Scotland ‘on target’ for 100% renewable energy by 2020

Scotland has hit its 2020 emission targets five years early and has gone from delivering 10 per cent to 60 per cent of its electricity consumption from renewable sources over the past 15 years.

US government climate report: Climate change is real and our fault

As the report makes clear, there is no reasonable doubt remaining that climate change is a story about human actions—not natural cycles.

A sign of Another close-by planetary system

The ALMA Observatory in Chile has detected dust around the closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri. The data may indicate the presence of an elaborate planetary system.

One of the oldest objects in the universe observed

Astronomers report that they have detected the second most distant dusty, star-forming galaxy ever found in the universe -- born in the first one billion years after the Big Bang. It is the oldest object ever detected by the LMT.

Masdar Institute's Harvests its First Crop For Aircraft Biofuel

The oil-rich Salicornia being grown as part of the pilot project is being used to produce aviation biofuel. It is an important milestone in the life of the project — which aims to begin producing “sustainable” jet fuel for the local aviation industry.

Platform to promote culture of tolerance to be based in Malta

An international platform prompted by increased threats of extremism, racial intolerance and intellectual violence is being launched today in Malta.