Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-05M carrying a three-man crew has blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz rocket…
Every year, the 14th of July marks a very special occasion in French history. This is Bastille Day: the day…
The most biologically-accurate robotic legs yet has been developed by US experts. Writing in the Journal of Neural Engineering, US…
Hyloscirtus princecharlesi, a newly discovered tree frog, has been named after Prince Charles in recognition of his charity work to…
CERN scientists reporting at conferences in the UK and Geneva, Switzerland, claim the discovery of a new particle consistent with…
A copy of a rare 16th century map known as "the birth certificate of America" has been discovered in Germany.…
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are expected to reveal the strongest evidence yet for the Higgs particle in…
A massive solar flare is expected on 4th of July, the day in which America celebrates its independence. According to…
There is no evidence that mermaids exist, The National Ocean Service, a US government scientific agency, has said. The National…
Viewers may soon be able to watch films on soap bubbles after researchers developed a technology to project images on…
Scientists at CERN in Switzerland will announce that the elusive Higgs boson “God Particle” has been found at a press…
Shenzhou 9 spacecraft carrying three Chinese crew members has returned to Earth following a 13-day mission. Images of the capsule…
Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known samples of pottery in southern China. The US archaeologists involved have determined that fragments…
One of the strongest lines of evidence that dinosaurs were cold-blooded, like modern reptiles, has been knocked down. Prior studies…
Australopithecus sediba, an early relative of humans, chewed on bark and leaves, according to fossil evidence. Analysis of food trapped…
A Florida research team tracking the dispersal of hatchling loggerhead turtles has resorted to the nail salon to help fit…
The persons who share an ancestor, a homeland, a heritage that includes language, culture (often including traditions, food preferences and…
Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador has announced that Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the…
Last month it was widely reported that 16-year-old Shouryya Ray had solved a problem first posed by Isaac Newton over…
China has successfully completed its first ever manual docking of a spacecraft with another space module as astronauts on the…
Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker born on June 23, 1912, may not have committed suicide, as is…
Rio+20, the UN sustainable development summit in Brazil, has ended with world leaders adopting a political declaration hammered out a…
Scientists claim they found that clues to the origins of the Queen of Sheba legend are written in the DNA…
Europe has taken the final decision regarding Euclid telescope space mission to investigate the "dark universe". The Euclid telescope will…
Scientists have unraveled the mystery of the elephant's long pregnancy. A quirk of biology allows the unborn calf to develop…