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A new study reveals patterns of sexual intimidation in chacma baboons, which...
Credit: Alecia CarterTheir relationship began innocently enough. He started to pay extra attention to her, and her attraction to him grew over time. One day, however, the dynamic changed. While she...
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A new study from the University of California, Riverside projects a statewide...
Credit: George Rose/Getty ImagesClimate change could end up producing a chronic El Nino-like weather pattern off the Pacific coast of the United States, leading to a wetter future for most of...
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A dozen cities around the world could heat up so much that there is currently...
Credit: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty ImagesSummers around the world are already warmer than they used to be, and they’re going to get dramatically hotter by century’s end if carbon pollution...
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The ability to engineer decision-making using machine-learning algorithms...
Credit: Leon R. Sütfeld, Richard Gast, Peter König, Gordon PipaThe age of self-driving cars is upon us. Companies including Google, Ford, Waymo, Lyft, Uber, and Volvo are all already testing them in...
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Searching for life on Mars was never going to be easy, but new research...
There’s some good news and some bad news in the latest research about potential life on Mars. Researchers from Edinburgh University in the UK found that when certain chemicals on the Red Planet’s...
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Volvo announced that it will no longer introduce gas- and diesel-powered...
Credit: Harold Cunningham/Getty ImagesVolvo surprised a lot of people this week when it announced that, starting in 2019, all new models the company introduces will be either hybrid or fully electric...
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A new scientific model studies whether liquid water can be maintained on...
Credit: NASAThe discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system earlier this year generated quite a buzz among planet hunters and astrobiologists alike. The system contains seven worlds thought to be...
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Experts say the British physicist's suggestion is implausible, although...
Credit: Aphelleon/ShutterstockEarth could turn into a hothouse planet like Venus, with boiling oceans and acid rain, if humans don't curb irreversible climate change, physicist Stephen Hawking claimed...
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A vapor-capturing technique called PLOT-cryo shows promise in measuring blood...
Credit: ThinkstockAs more states have approved the use of recreational marijuana, researchers continue to consider what impacts being stoned will have on daily activities. A particular concern is...
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While prostheses have long been used to replace missing body parts, artist...
The earliest recorded case of a prosthetic limb dates back some 5,000 years to the Indian warrior queen Vishpala, who, according to ancient Sanskrit texts, returned to the battlefield after an injury...
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The DroneSentinel scans the sky for drones while the DroneCannon jams the...
Credit: DroneShieldOver the last several years, you may have seen news reports about drones behaving badly. Not those military drones deployed in combat scenarios — that's a whole different story —...
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Waves on the seas of Titan are less than a one-quarter of an inch high, which...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. Arizona/University of IdahoThe liquid-hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Titan are incredibly calm, suggesting that future missions to the huge Saturn moon could enjoy a...
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A new study forecasts electric vehicles becoming cost competitive with gas...
Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesElectric vehicles could be cost-competitive with internal combustion-powered cars within five years and batteries that store power from solar panels could become...
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Taking inspiration from the work of Leonardo da Vinci, a new paper suggests...
Credit: NASA/JPLWhen the famous 15th-century inventor and scientist Leonardo da Vinci examined petrified shells with borings in them long ago, he had a remarkable insight. The strange fossilized...
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Cambridge researchers have developed a non-toxic method for producing...
Credit: University of CambridgeWith the new "Spider-Man" movie breaking all kinds of box office records this week, the time seems right for an update on laboratory preparation of synthetic spider...
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A pair of health reports found that coffee drinkers appear to be at lower...
Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty ImageYour morning eye-opener might help you keep those eyes open longer. A pair of large-scale studies out Monday have found that people who drank more coffee tend...
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New findings show that the high, sing-song voice that is characteristic of...
Credit: Sergey Ryumin/Getty ImagesWhy do people talk to dogs with that sweet, lilting voice, as though they’re babies? We’ve all heard this sort of thing, or engaged in it ourselves: “Hi, buddy! Who’s...
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In a study of the planet's declining biodiversity, researchers argue that a...
Credit: DeAgostini/Getty ImagesOn June 24, 2012, Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta Island tortoises, died quietly in his pen at a research facility in the Galapagos. The island where his...
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Unlike Earth, which has a magnetosphere that aligns with the poles, the...
Credit: NASAThe planet Uranus just keeps getting weirder. The icy gas world that strangely orbits the sun on its side may also have a wonky magnetic field that constantly flickers on and off, new...
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In a study on the psychology of giving, MRI scans revealed that an area of...
Credit: Tom Merton/Getty ImagesWhat inspires humans to display acts of generosity? Economists, psychologists and philosophers have pondered this question for millennia. If one assumes that human...
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