The original plans for the Juno mission to Jupiter didn’t include a color camera. But a camera was added to the manifest, and the incredible images from the JunoCam have been grabbing the spotlight.
Researchers found that differences in the uptake of multiple toxic and essential elements over the second and third trimesters and early postnatal periods are associated with the risk of developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Dubai police have deployed their first robotic officer as part of a long-term plan to automatize a large percentage of patrols.
A new study shows metal mining and smelting have polluted the environment for thousands of years, challenging the widespread belief that environmental pollution began with the Industrial Revolution.
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has done it again, detecting gravitational waves rippling away from a cosmic collision between a pair of black holes.
World leaders and environmental groups have expressed their disappointment with U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, the global effort to deal with the effects of climate change.
A company has unveiled the world’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) commercial plant on top of a waste recovery facility in Zurich, Switzerland.
NASA will send the Parker Solar Probe to the sun in 2018. The landmark mission “will revolutionize our understanding of the sun.”
There’s now very little to prevent a complete collapse—an event that will produce one of the largest icebergs in recorded history.
The Microsoft founder's Stratolaunch company has built the world's largest airplane, which is designed to launch rockets into orbit from the sky.
A new experiment shows that long-term exposure to microgravity affects bacteria at the genetic level.
Plans to construct nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations in India have fallen through, now that the price for solar electricity is “free falling” to levels once considered impossible.
A 40-megawatt solar farm in the South Anhui province of China is finally online and generating renewable energy.
Tests will determine whether inflatables play a role in deep space exploration.
NASA is releasing Juno’s first scientific results and Jupiter appears a lot weirder than anyone thought it would be.
