'Optical Nerves' Give This Prosthetic Hand a Super Sensitive Touch

The Gentle Bot's touch is so delicate, it's able to run its fingers over several tomatoes and pick out the ripest one.

LIGO black hole echoes hint at general-relativity breakdown

Gravitational-wave data show tentative signs of firewalls or other exotic physics.

Europe's future in space

The crucial ministerial meeting held every two years when the agency’s 22 member states spend 48 hours debating one subject – Europe’s future in space.

Giraffes Are Headed Toward Extinction

Over the past thirty years, the number of giraffes on Earth has dropped 38 percent. Based on this depressing find, the IUCN has updated the giraffe’s red list status from “least concern” to “vulnerable.”

Four Major Cities Ban Diesel Vehicles by 2025

Mayors of Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City agreed to ban diesel vehicles in these cities in the next decade

Twisting carbon-absorbing tower takes shape in Taiwan

The twisting building will carry 23,000 trees, which will absorb up to 130 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

UK gets new waste-to-energy plant

The plant in UK will recycle more than 100,000 tonnes of organic waste every year to generate enough renewable energy to power 10,000 homes across the region.

Thousands of Snow Geese Die After Landing on Toxic Mining Water in Montana,USA

Last week, thousands of snow geese died in Montana after landing on the acidic, metal-laden waters of an old open pit mine to escape a snowstorm.

The earth's rotation is slowing - and days will eventually be 25 hours long

After a review of celestial data spanning 27 centuries, a team of astronomers has determined that Earth’s orbit slows almost two milliseconds every 100 years.

"Star in a Jar" Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy

New tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields.

Stratospheric plane unveiled in Switzerland

Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan has unveiled a two-seater solar aircraft with which he hopes to become the first pilot to fly in the stratosophere.

Younger generations stand out in beliefs about organic, GM foods

Younger adults are more likely than older adults to think organic foods are better for their health and to believe GM foods are worse.

Exoskeleton Glove Gives Paralyzed People the Ability to Grasp

A brain-controlled glove is letting people with paraplegia perform everyday tasks like eating, drinking and signing their name.

Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy by next year

Google announced this week that it is on target to achieve 100-percent renewable energy in 2017.

More than 100,000 people challenge Einstein in a unique worldwide quantum physics experiment

More than 100,000 people participated in the BIG Bell Test, a global experiment to test the laws of quantum physics.