Looking up at the night sky -- expansive and seemingly endless, stars and constellations blinking and glimmering like jewels just out of reach -- it's impossible not to wonder: Are we alone? For many of us, the notion of intelligent life on other planets is as captivating as ideas come.
A soft actuator using electrically controllable membranes could pave the way for machines that are no danger to humans.
A new electronic material is flexible and can heal all its functions automatically - even after researchers bend it, stretch it, and snip it in half.
The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica has an unstable area that could collapse and contribute to more than two metres of sea level rise beyond what is generally predicted if climate change remains unchecked, researchers say.
Architecture firm EZAR and architect Juan Blazquez designed the CSI-IDEA Building in Malaga, Spain as a standard for net zero energy architecture.
Scientists in Ireland discovered a new form of light that will radically change our understanding of how light functions.
Canada marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia by introducing federal legislation that would guarantee full legal and human rights protection to transgender people across the country.
When it comes to hurricanes, environmental engineer Ana Barros says there are two sides to the story.
Congratulations, kilt-wearers, and descendants of William Wallace! Your country's seas are about to become the proud guardians of the world's largest floating wind farm.
Solar-powered desalination is ideal - if only the cost comes down.
The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance formalizes piecemeal NGO collaboration, with the goal to add another 60 GW of clean power to grid by 2025.
A 3,000 kilometer thick layer of hot compressed rock sandwiched between Earth
Astronomers searching for planets using NASA’s Kepler telescope have found an extraordinary family of four. Their orbits are so carefully timed that they provide long-term stability for their planetary system.
In the first ever report looking into the world's plants and their status, scientists have cataloged almost 400,000 known species.
Terrific planet-wide thunderstorms on alien worlds far from our own have generated detectable radio bursts. Other such signals have been emitted from the heart of our own galaxy, perhaps due to the destruction of dark matter.
