Key findings help unravel journey from inanimate chemistry to life
In the beginning, the Earth's surface was a lifeless, hot, but chemically rich place. In these harsh conditions, the first...
4000 years of human civilizations charted, the Histomap
Created by John B. Sparks and first printed by Rand McNally, the Histomap started selling in 1931 for the price...
Soft, squishy and powerful: The Royal Institute of Technology creates batteries from trees
A team of researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stanford University has developed a method for making...
Risky brain, safe brain: MIT charts neural pathways involved in decision-making
Researchers at MIT have now identified a neural circuit that they believe underpins decision-making in situations such as this, and...
Volcanic twins of the Red Sea: Sholan and Jadid
We tend to think of the planets as static, enduring, and never changing. With the average human life spanning only...
Global warming has never looked so beautiful: Glowing plankton in Tasmania
Tasmania's Derwent River has put on a garb of surreal blue these past few nights as blooms of bioluminescent plankton...
Modified herpes virus used to treat skin cancer
A new clinical trial from the UK brings exciting results as a modified strain of the herpes virus has been...
First Hyperloop ever will be built in California
With the Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. signing a deal to build the first test track in California, Elon Musk's "fifth...
Wearable FES-robot hybrid eases stroke recovery
Hong Kong PolyU has designed a new FES (functional electrical stimulation)-robot hybrid that promises to ease recovery of mobility in...
