Scientists have warned that cows could eventually become the largest remaining mammals on Earth.
Capable of taking drastic action to protect their colonies, these ants have a rather unusual defense mechanism.
The space agency will be revealing new details of its 'Kilopower' system at the beginning of next month.
A new study has revealed that plants protect themselves from Sun damage by repairing their own DNA.
The search giant has developed new software that can isolate individual voices in a crowded room.
A wildlife photographer recently captured the moment a whale's blowhole spray produced a spectacular rainbow.
The strange sounds were picked up over a mountainous region of the Hawaiian archipelago last week.
Scientists have found the fossil remains of an ichthyosaur that was almost the size of a blue whale.
The SpaceX CEO has warned of a future ruled by an unstoppable AI that could ultimately destroy mankind.
This remarkable dome of churning molten magma was photographed in Hawaii by the US Geological Survey.
A university in South Korea is allegedly working with a defence company to build autonomous killing machines.
Two separate airliners encountered an unknown object while flying over the Arizona desert in February.
Unknown phone-tracking or 'Stingray' devices are thought to be in operation within the D.C. area.
Nectome is aiming to preserve the brains of dying people via a process that will prove fatal to the patient.
A leading surgeon believes that we will gain the ability to read each other's minds within as little as 20 years.
The out-of-control space station has finally come down in the Pacific Ocean after months of uncertainty.
A new paper has put forward the suggestion that the clouds of Venus could be a habitat for microbial life.
The discovery raises new questions about the formation of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the well-preserved remains of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana.
A woman complaining of back pain was found to have a broken epidural needle lodged in her spine.