Science & Technology

EUROPE: Scientists use DNA to figure out a lot of useful stuff: whether a drug will work to fight a...

WASHINGTON: Ants use their powerful sense of smell to distinguish intruders from safe fellow-ants in their colonies, scientists, including those...

PARIS: Anti-science extremists have declared war on Wikipedia. While Wikipedia is usually a reliable source for scientific information these days,...

NEW YORK: The International Space Station orbits more than 200 miles above the Earth, traveling five miles per second. Getting...

CANADA: Marine researchers rescued a young humpback whale that was entangled in rope off Cape Cod on Friday afternoon, according...

HONG KONG: The possibility of travelling to Mars and the benefits of eating bugs have been on show at a...

PARIS: A gorilla called Koko - who became widely-known for her ability to learn sign language - may be capable...

CANADA: After rumbling and belching ash, the Cotopaxi volcano was silent Sunday, hours after Ecuador declared a state of emergency...

MEXICO: Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to...

LONDON: Twelve million horsepower — what a ride. This is the engine that may take us to Mars, and it’s...

ISLAMABAD: Although the global telecoms industry is yet to come to terms with the adoption of the 5G technology, a...

CANADA: The New Horizons probe captured images that suggest Pluto might still be developing. NASA sent a probe to Pluto...

LONDON: Near the Hanjiang River in central China, amid the lush, pine-covered Qinling Mountains that once were dotted with Daoist...

MEXICO: Humanity has already used up 100% of the resources produced by the Earth this year, meaning that any consumption...

WASHINGTON: Owls use what scientists and engineers are calling ‘stealth technology’ to help them capture prey, new research suggests. If...

NEEW YORK: A "book" containing pull-out pages that can save lives by making polluted water drinkable has been developed by...

CANADA: Thanks to data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, NASA's X-Ray Observatory and the Clay Telescope in Chile, scientists...

LUSAKA: A wooden figurehead depicting a doglike figure or monster from a historic 15th century Danish ship has been pulled...

LONDON: On a second-floor rooftop at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, Abraham Ishihara opens an electrical cabinet bursting...

FRANCE: An astronaut from the International Space Station has captured a beautiful display of the Aurora Borealis at the same...