Six convoys of semi-automated, smart trucks drove across Europe, arriving at Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

Venezuela's public workers will only work on Mondays and Tuesdays as the country falls deeper into crisis.

Thousands of junior doctors (the rough equivalent of a resident in the US) walked out of hospitals and emergency wards...

  The GIF was first posted by Dr. Christina Hibbert, a clinical psychologist and author of several books. I'm not sure...

Ikea made it much easier for British people to green their homes - for a while. Then, after the government...

It's hard to believe that something so cute can lie at the bottom of the sea, but don't let the...

We now have shark vision.

Sad news comes from African wildlife parks again: three rangers were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's Garamba wildlife park. Two...

Elon Musk is one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the tech industry. Here's his one-page resume.

British astronaut Tim Peake ran the London Marathon on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.

According to the most comprehensive set of data, almost no diesel cars respect pollution limits.

Being a cheapskate can sometimes backfire spectacularly as a central Bank in Bangladesh just found out.

It's a true "Wow!" moment.

A company called Aerojet Rocketdyne has won a $67 million contract from NASA to design and develop an advanced electric...

They say Australia is the Dry Continent, but you wouldn't guess that based on this image: The image was created with...

Flap your hands like a shark.

At first, it sounds like one of the silliest laws ever: in Switzerland, you're not allowed to own just one...

We may be reaching a historic moment.

The world has spoken and the vote has been cast: people want to name the new British Antarctic research ship...

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin falsely claimed she is “as much a scientist” as Bill Nye. She's not.

Each team is defending one hemisphere!

Hint: it's the urine.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially endorsed the world's first Dengue fever vaccine, a disease that infects 390 million...

"That's not a capitalist market economy anymore," he warned. "That's a feudalist system and it scares … me."

It's glorious and depressing at the same time: NASA used its official Facebook account to shut down one user who...

Religion should be promoting peace, not this...

Believe it or not, this is actually lava.

If you don't travel a lot it's easy to forget just how big and diverse the world really is -...

That's not how the internet should work...

A massive portion of the Greenland ice sheet has started to melt, taking researchers by surprise. The vast region is...

No matter who you ask, they'll tell you the same thing: butter isn't good for you, just use vegetable oil....

Some 600 feet deep, at the bottom of the Loch Ness lake in Scotland, researchers have found the much famed...

Deep radio imaging from researchers working in South Africa have revealed that supermassive black holes in a region of the distant...

Weather forecasts have gotten significantly better in recent years - not because we have a much better understanding of weather...

A Russian billionaire wants to fund the first ever interstellar probe - and he wants to do it in the...

This huge destroyer is apparently too stealthy for its own good - at least at peace. The U.S. Navy’s new Zumwalt-class guided...

It's one of the most common confusions in the English language. In short, silicon is the chemical element Si, while...

Don't believe your eyes - nothing you see is real, and everything can be manipulated. Many people have a long-standing...

Exxon, Shell and three trade associations spent US$114 million in 2015 alone to manipulate lawmakers and public discourse on climate...

We don't give it a lot of through, but things in space are generally round. Not the Red Rectangle though...

There's no "gene for" anything, and there is no "gold standard" or "scientific method" - you're using all those terms...

Antarctic researchers are in need of help - specifically, they need people to study photos of penguins to help them...

Acetaminophen, commonly sold as Tylenol or Paracetamol may affect our ability to solve errors, a new study has found. The...

They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and unfortunately, that seems to be the case for HIV viruses.

A new solar cell prototype developed by Chinese researchers may change the way we use solar panels.

Scotland has met and overcome its objective for green energy in 2015

The first Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite called Terra (previously AM-1) was launched on December 18, 1999. ASTER data contributes to...

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is one of the most talented and famous artists in human history. It's been almost four...

Mouth microbes may be connected to a variety of illnesses, more and more studies are showing. Source: G. Hajishengallis/Nat. Rev....

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