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For the first time, astronauts riding a Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station have launched and docked in under 6 hours - it usually takes days

It's 5'7" long and weighs 170 pounds. And it operates by itself. Video within. Students and researchers at Virginia Tech College of Engineering have created the death of us all a human-sized autonomous robotic jellyfish,...

Crocodiles are large reptiles that belong to the order Crocodilia, which includes alligators, caimans and gharials.

It’s not the Bat Signal, but if you’re a Star Trek fan, it’s even better. And if you’re a geeky Star Trek fan that’s really into cutting edge technology – that was deliberately r...

After five nail-biting rounds, we have a winner! The people have spoken. The greatest landbot/ sky drone in all the internet is.... the X-47B! The X-47B, the world's first autonomous warplane, crushed BigDog, Boston Dyna...

"Palaeo" lifestyle trends are popular at the moment – but they are rooted in evolutionary myths, says biologist Marlene Zuk (full text available to subscribers)

Nature appreciation and art can combine with powerful results.

Patients already being treated by the Stamina Foundation will be allowed to continue, amid protests that the therapy is unproven and unsafe

Technology used to build NASA’s newest eyes on the heavens will help people see farther and clearer. Since the day the Hubble Space Telescope blinked open and saw a blurry heavens, the world of telescope optics ha...

A system which can create and direct smells gives the illusion that you can smell the individual food items advertised on a screen

Computer simulations show that as many as 2000 black holes kicked out of their host galaxies might live in the Milky Way's outskirts

Western Europe may be hit by intense hybrid storms later this century, as climate change will cause Atlantic hurricanes to form further east

An "impossible" asteroid is sharing the giant planet's orbit, and it hints at the possibility of Earth-like worlds in unexpected places