If we want to ensure food security for humanity in the future, then curbing out food waste is essential. Tesco...

It's easy to understand why climate change deniers want to cut NASA's climate research funding - because it keeps proving...

Most of us know Alan Alda for his iconic portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce, the sharp-tongued but kind-hearted field doctor from...

It's been a tough run for Go champion Lee Se-dol who lost game after game in what could very well...

Music etched in clay tablets more than 3,400 years ago in Syria marks oldest song thus far.

It costs $20,000 to shoo a leopard, and foreign hunters flock to South Africa every year to kill leopards for...

New concerns are being voiced in Japan after it was discovered that a significant geological fault line passes right under...

If you've always wanted a tattoo but never quite got around to it, now you have the perfect excuse: a...

At a homeless shelter in Atlanta residents can grow their own vegetables. The shelter has a large rooftop garden that...

The Dallas Zoo has taken an active role in the protection of Texas Horned Lizards, also known as horny toads. Now,...

Google engineers may have their eyes set on Starcraft - a strategy computer game.

Google's algorithm AlphaGo stunned the world by defeating Go legend Lee Se-dol yesterday, and today, it just won the second...

How did South America slot next to Africa? Where was my country a billion years ago?

We can't call it a major discovery. Not yet.

If we want to have a permanent or long-term mission to Mars, then growing crops locally would be very useful.

Hydras are tiny freshwater animals which trap their prey with a set of tentacles.

A series of experiments surprisingly found that sudden insight may yield more correct solutions than gradual, methodical thinking.

New research shows that the first vertebrates had a surprisingly easy time adapting from fins to legs.

It's absolutely baffling that we've reached a level where we can not only study the geology of the Earth, but...

Ken Buesseler studies marine radioactivity. He uses radioactive elements such as thorium that are naturally occurring in the ocean as a...

A study conducted by Australian researchers found that scientific journals discourage the study of ‘ugly’ rodents and bats.

A team of Harvard researchers have literally added a new dimension to 3D printing - time.

India's massive investment into solar energy is already starting to pay off - much earlier than anticipated.

The bad intentions that precede doing harm to someone are visible in the brain, researchers claim.

It was a bittersweet moment for SpaceX, as the space flight company successfully launched a communications satellite to a distant...

A new study confirms previous findings: the best way to fight peanut allergy is by consuming peanuts as an infant.

While they are often causes of embarrassment, varicose veins are more than just a cosmetic problem. They are also potentially...

The science of happiness is still a youthful and controversial field, but one thing seems to be clear: there's only...

Scientists have known for quite a while that obesity increases the chances of colon cancer, but hey were unable to...

In what has to be one of the biggest blunders of science publishing, PLoS ONE has published an article about...

A new study found that rather than weakening their host, brine shrimp parasites actually help it cope with arsenic contamination...

Breeding birds and alligators have developed an unlikely partnership, where the birds build their nests on alligator territory for protection.

Biologists at Rutgers University-Newark found that the world's longest distance flier is a small dragonfly.

Researchers found that the app misses high blood pressure in 8 out of 10 cases, giving patients a false sense...

"Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she was incredibly good at maths  but when we think of her, we...

Ignored for centuries, this vegetable might be slowly making a comeback in England.

Indonesian authorities lifted a tsunami warning issued after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the island of Sumatra - the...

A tragedy is just waiting to happen in one of the largest cities in the Middle East, engineers warn. The...

Four shelter dogs rescued from the slums around Sao Paulo, Brazil, were trained as “ball dogs” for an exhibition match at...

We tend to think of slavery as something that's long extinct, but according to several reports, there are more slaves today...

A new study has mapped the genetic variations responsible for differences in the distribution, shape and colour of facial and...

In what are some pretty counter-intuitive findings, a UCLA study found that most people oppose same-sex marriage because they feel...

Unfortunately, most people would, even when they've been shown it's not functioning properly.

Archaeologists have uncovered one of the biggest and best-preserved wheels from the Bronze Age, dating from nearly 3,000 years ago....

How long marijuana, cocaine, LSD, and other drugs stay in your urine, hair or blood.

Scientists in China have created a platform for generating sperm cells that could one day treat male infertility - in...

Plants and mushrooms growing sometimes accumulate dangerous levels of radioactivity. But until now, this hasn't been confirmed for truffles, and...

Stop for a moment and think about the traditional image of a US innovator. He's probably a brilliant college drop-out...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) unveiled a new bedazzling image of the Milky Way, snapped by the APEX telescope in...

Medicine has developed hugely when it comes to treating burn victims.