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The team wants to beat the world distance record for a pedal-powered airplane. A team of Japanese motorcycle makers may soon remind the world that another type of bike--one with pedals--can be an incredibly efficient way...

All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including carbon-negative fuel, Patrick Moore, how Einstein discovered dark energy, Doha, and more

This building is the latest super-quick tower brought to you by prefabrication. Prefabricated structures are getting lots of media attention right now, notably after China's BroadGroup put up a 30-story pre-fab hotel in ...

From the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to killer whales, bicycles to cheese -- it's been another year of diverse storytelling from the KQED Science and Environment team. Here's a round-up of the top 10 stories shared on o...

Scientific evidence now suggests that taking probiotics with antibiotics can reduce the risk of negative side affects. In a recent combined study, people who took probiotics with antibiotics were 42% less likely to devel...

Another computer is setting its wits to perform human tasks. But this computer is different. Instead of the tour de force processing of Deep Blue or Watson’s four terabytes of facts of questionable utility, Spaun ...

Leading evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson and former US poet laureate Robert Hass discuss free will, wilderness and the mysterious origin of the arts

"When a drug can flow into a cavity then conform to the shape of the cavity and stay there, it offers unprecedented opportunities [in the] delivery of drugs." Researchers at Cornell University have somewhat accidentally ...

Rich countries have promised to help the poor cope with the inevitable loss and damage caused by climate change, but much remains to be agreed

A written dialogue between Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger suggests the pair stumbled upon the idea of dark energy 80 years before its time

There are at least 400 genetic flaws in the average human genome, several of which are related to a high risk of life-threatening disease

The late amateur scientist was fascinated by Mars, duetted with Einstein – and hoped to discover a comet that would bear his name

The race is on to create a biofuel that effectively sucks carbon out of the sky and locks it away where it can't warm the planet, says Bob Holmes (full text available to subscribers)

As tensions mount over the army's potential use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, we examine what is known and what options all sides have

Watch a new system create ultra-realistic sound which could lead to immersive audio in cellphones and laptops

The ethos of freedom from control that underpins the web is facing its first serious test, says Wendy M. Grossman