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Elon Musk has long been hinting about a high-speed form of transportation enigmatically named the Hyperloop. Earlier this summer, he promised to reveal his Hyperloop plans in August. After a round of media hype and an al...

A blast of radiation that hit Earth in AD 775 has revealed just how violent our nearest star can be, finds Stuart Clark (full text available to subscribers)

Introducing: Shrewbot. We're doing two things here: using robots to test ideas about how brains work and using biology to develop new robots. Shrewbot is the size of a small dog, can move its head around, runs on batteri...

Poor Greenland. Not only is its ice sheet melting thanks to rising temperatures, its rocks are being attacked by heat from below

Where Star Wars and Star Trek geeks share common ground. Hundreds of years ago, the term geek wasn't as benign as it is today (high fives all around, gang). In 18th-century Austria-Hungary it was synonymous with freak--l...

A newly discovered pulsar has allowed a magnet surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy to be measured

Using online currencies like Bitcoin to make small payments could make news stories and songs a steal

The latest weigh-in of our home galaxy shows much less mass from dark matter, which means we may live in a cosmic oddball

As waiting times skyrocket in UK accident and emergency units, pilot studies suggest dedicated geriatric teams could improve treatment for everyone (full text available to subscribers)

Everyday, we humans send radio waves out into the world, and many of them go up and out into the cosmos. But did you know that the cosmos are broadcasting back at us? Today on the podcast we'll hear the bird-like radio...

A commercial rocket that takes off and lands vertically, like the Apollo module, is giving space-race era navigation code an update

The Singularity Hub Membership Program continues to grow strong with more Hubbers joining every day to become part of the thriving community of global enthusiasts excited about the future. New members are finding a welco...

-- Physicists Need New Accelerator for 'God Particle' -- Higgs boson may unravel dark energy mystery -- Play with antimatter from the comfort of your home -- Particle Physicists Want A New Collider To Study The Higgs -- ...

The famous Higgs particle could account for the existence of dark energy, in the right amount to cause the universe to fly apart at an ever-increasing rate

Between leaving the nest and turning up as adults at foraging grounds, nothing was known about the lives of young turtles. Now genetic studies have changed that

We're looking for a Science Writing Intern. The intern will contribute regularly to this blog and will work to promote physics news with APS Media Relations. It's a paying internship that comes with benefits and a bit of...

Probably not do-it-yourself Tom Donhou, a bicycle builder based in Hackney, London, just went 80 mph on a bike. As a point of reference: You or I might hit 30 mph, tops, on a flat surface; a professional might max out at...

A mouse's heart, stripped of cells and rebuilt with human ones, has begun beating again in a further step towards generating human organs for transplant

Following a scandal over faked safety certificates, South Korea has shut down several nuclear reactors - just when its citizens need air conditioning

Peak oil refers to the point in time when global oil production peaks and begins to drop.