Science News

In a current Kickstarter campaign, the Southern California company AirDroids is offering plug-and-play book-sized drone, aptly named Pocket Drone, for a manageable $495.

An analysis of the language used in thousands of crowdfunding pitches on the Kickstarter website has unearthed some useful "dos" and "don'ts"     

Ted Ligety Prop styling by Wendy Schelah for Halley Resources; Grooming by Valissa Yoe Photograph by Travis Rathbone Last February, Ted Ligety became the first skier in 45 years to win three events at the annual World Ch...

A tiny, unassuming spider in the Peruvian Amazon uses its entire web as a slingshot to capture slow-moving insects such as mosquitoes.

RoboSimian is getting ready to compete at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2014 following a fifth-place finish at last month's DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will get funding to work...

Graffiti "Internet" on the wall in Vodice, Croatia. Ronald Eikelenboom The DC Circuit Court has issued a ruling in Verizon v. FCC that is likely the shape the very nature of the internet. At the heart of the case is how ...

The fourth-fastest supercomputer in the world is still glacially slow compared to the workings of the mind, taking 40 minutes to simulate a single second of brain activity.

The startling breakup of Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf in 2002 was precipitated by the chain-reaction drainage of lakes atop the ice, a new study finds.

A tart grog consumed by Nordic peoples as early as 3,000 years ago has been recreated from a chemical analysis of jars and drinking utensils found in ancient graves. The recreation is even available at liquor stores.

Day care centers may want to take some feeding cues from Italian "family-style" restaurants, scientists say. Passing bowls around the dining table and allowing children to serve themselves may be one way for children to ...

An analysis of artifacts found in Nordic graves and caches dating back to 1500 BC reveals the ingredients in the ancient alcoholic beverage grog.

But many primary care consultations are non-linear. Newtonian laws don't apply; instead, they have been supplanted by chaos theory.

Mars Express -- the first European Space Agency spacecraft built to investigate another planet -- has been snapping color and 3D images of Mars for 10 years.

Ultrasound William "Jamie" Tyler of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute studies the effects of ultrasound on the brain region responsible for processing tactile sensory inputs. James Stroup/Virginia Tech Scient...

Job seekers may have the best luck in landing a new position in the Lone Star State, new research shows.

One of the benefits of being an astrophysicist is your weekly email from someone who claims to have "proven Einstein wrong". These either contain no mathematical equations and use phrases such as "it is obvious that..", ...

Ever feel a creepy, tingling sensation that you 'just know' something is different? Well, it's not a sixth sense, a pair of scientists say -- it's just your conscious mind failing to catch up with your perception. In a n...

As improvements in technology and large-scale fishing methods have made commercial fishing more efficient, faster and more profitable, fish populations around the world have suffered. Starting in the early 1800s, humans ...

The stunning symmetrical shapes of fresh water algae are revealed in award-winning composite image.

The Australian government's reluctance to admit the reality of climate change means it is failing to save people's lives as heatwaves become more common     

Prominent patches of wind-blown dust, possibly mixed with volcanic ash, radiate from Becquerel crater and into a neighboring crater, as seen in this spectacular space wallpaper.

By surrounding their star with swarms of energy-collecting satellites, advanced civilizations could create Dyson spheres.