It has its directive: seek and destroy. And the underwater drone RangerBot is ready to put its lethal skills to
Past experiments using CERN’s super-sized particle-smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), hinted at something unexpected. A particle called a beauty
First, New Zealand declared war on dirty-clawed predators – stoats, rats, weasels – and there was little to be missed.
Social media went nuts on Wednesday night over a line of bright lights that appeared briefly in the sky over
In July of 2015, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history when it became the first spacecraft to conduct a flyby
The small, tropical fish known as a cleaner wrasse has just joined the ranks of various mammals and birds that
Saturn has been out there getting up to its old tricks again: looking really spectacular and being super interesting. This
It started with a late-night cough. “He was otherwise fine, but … something was weird and different,” said Verai Ramsammy,
The International Space Station (ISS) is amazing. Floating 408 kilometres (254 miles) above us, astronauts get to do science experiments,
For the first time, scientists have figured out how to accelerate electrons using protons passing through plasma. That’s a big
Black holes are famous for tearing apart and devouring stars. But new simulations suggest that, in the very final moments,
The Arctic is not in a good way. Its oldest, thickest sea ice is breaking. Strange lakes punctuate its landscape.
Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed a rare treasure. A life-sized stucco mask recovered from the Palenque Palace is thought to
What’s up with the Sun? As we’ve said previous, what the Sun isn’t doing is the big news of 2018
Goats can tell the difference between our human facial expressions – and they would rather interact with happy, smiling people,
People eager to spend the waning days of summer frolicking in the waters near a coastal town in northwest France
After a year on the job, astronaut in training Robb Kulin has resigned from NASA’s two year program - a decision that has
We now have direct proof that ancient insects were also prey to horrifying parasitoids. Scientists painstakingly studyied 1,510 fossilised fly
Astronauts may be exceptionally brave, intelligent, and accomplished, but they’re not superhuman: they still have to poop and pee when
Six years after the strange, elusive Higgs boson particle was discovered, scientists working with the world’s largest particle accelerator have
Humans have been regularly traversing the Atlantic Ocean for going on six centuries, establishing the most efficient trade routes to
During the peak of the last glacial period, some 25,000 years ago, the population of prehistoric cave bears (Ursus spelaeus
On August 21 last year, the US came to a standstill to watch the incredibly rare alignment of the Moon
Working as an au pair is often considered a great way to earn money and travel the world. The pay
Most people with ovaries go through menopause. But most animals do not, and their reproductive organs last about as long
It was July 1969 when Neil Armstrong’s boot first landed on the rocky surface of the Moon. “One small step
Daniel, Jack and Matthew Aplin were driving along the south coast of Wellington, New Zealand, last weekend when they got
It was the early 1970s and the future of human civilisation had never looked brighter. There was only one problem.
Around 252 million years ago, the Earth changed drastically and catastrophically. Massive, ongoing volcanic activity in Siberia wrapped the planet
The desire for a larger bottom is becoming more popular, with the number of so-called Brazilian butt lifts more than
An attempt to replicate the findings of 21 social science experiments published in two high-profile science journals has thrown up
As Europe wilts in the sweltering, record-breaking harshness of summer 2018, strange things are happening. Mysterious outlines of ancient societies
Most living things have to make babies to reproduce, and let’s face it, things can get messy. But this video of
A 2017 expedition into the depths of the Amazon rainforest has provided a rare glimpse into the lives of a
Every morning, they rise to the surface of the water; every evening, they sink back down to the lakebed. Now
A global dust storm on Mars is threatening the future of NASA’s Opportunity rover, the longest-lived robot on that planet.
We all do it sometimes, even though we know it’s wrong. But here’s the problem with lying: Research shows that
We’re still figuring out what the heck antimatter even is, but scientists are already getting ready to fiddle with it.
Physicists have come up with what they claim is a mathematical model of a theoretical “time machine” – a box
In June, a fledgling nation elected its first parliament. With more than 250,000 citizens, the new country’s population is bigger
Two years ago, 323 reindeer in southeast Norway were struck by lightning and died. Many of the animals were found on
A collection of mummified human remains found in northern Chile is turning into black slime due to rising humidity levels,
Researchers have long been fascinated by the gulf that separates procrastinators and doers. But even though several social and psychological
When it comes to on-again/off-again relationships, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton take the cake. Their passionate relationship – one of
Insects like grasshoppers and crickets may play a role in pollination, new research finds. We tend to think of these
If you live with a dog you just know when it’s happy or miserable, don’t you? Of course you do.
As you may know from scrubbing the kitchen, getting a surface well and truly clean is a real challenge –
Scientists are usually a rather cheery bunch. But every now and then, they have a habit of wondering how the
