Anchored to a carrier aircraft, Virgin SpaceShip Unity takes to the skies in Mojave, Calif.
The United States lifts protection for most humpback whales around the globe based on evidence of a strong comeback in numbers.
Planet Earth has lost one tenth of its area of wilderness since 1993, equivalent to half of Australia in size, new research reveals.
Computer simulations of a spherical collection of stars known as 'NGC 6101' reveal that it contains hundreds of black holes, until now thought impossible.
Humanity is about to deepen its understanding of Earth's winds. The European Space Agency has secured a rocket launch deal for its wind-tracking Aeolus satellite, which is now expected to enter orbit before the end of 2017.
We are at the cusp of an energy revolution. This post is a look at how three technologies — solar, batteries, and electric vehicles (EVs) — are poised to disrupt a $6 trillion energy industry over the next two decades.
Al Gore believes we are in a turning point in the fight against climate change. It will be bigger than the industrial and information revolutions combined.
The Global Seed Vault is a vast storehouse far north of the Arctic Circle. In it are half a billion seeds from around the world. The vault is meant to safeguard humanity against losing vital food stocks to extinction, natural disaster, nuclear war or climate change.
Scientists believe Venus was once Earth-like. How is this possible and what caused the planet to turn toxic?
Carbon nanotubes are one of the most conductive materials ever discovered. Now, for the first time ever, scientists made a transistor using carbon nanotubes that beats silicon.
Tiny magnetic particles from air pollution have for the first time been discovered to be lodged in human brains– and researchers think they could be a possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
Singapore just became the first country to actually implement self-driving taxis on the road for public use. Welcome to the future.
Researchers have developed a blood laser, using human blood and a fluorescent dye called indocyanine green (ICG), and it could help doctors search for tumours in the body.
Research by Rice University Earth scientists suggests that virtually all of Earth’s life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury.
Spending time in woodland regulates human emotions and the heart helping to restore a healthy balance when compared to time in urban environments, according to new research.
