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The X Prize Foundation challenges AI researchers to create robots capable of spontaneous high-level presentations, but the prize has drawn swift criticism     

The DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2014 has announced Google's SCHAFT robot will compete in the self-funded track. This move frees up funding for two more teams to the DRC Finals 2014, while a third team will compete as...

Deep ocean currents that act as conveyer belts -- channeling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the globe -- could be slowed down due to climate-change effects, causing serious consequences for the planet in the f...

A Chinese satellite orbiting Earth has captured a new photo of possible debris from the missing Malaysian Airlines jet that disappeared with 239 people on March 8.

A few of our favorite images this week are chickens from hell, a space monkey star factory and baby crocs. Check out the rest.

2014 is the year of Year of the Horse in China. But pandas, it turns out, aren't celebrating.

Recycling is more than an environmental boost -- it's a major source of jobs.

Ever since King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered, stories circulated that those who dared violate his final resting place faced a terrible curse. It was a useful ruse to scare off grave robbers.

Learn about keeping your kids' teeth healthy and strong from infancy on and setting them up for a lifetime of healthy teeth and good dental hygiene practices.

Queensland's fruit and vegetable farmers are under pressure, having lost their main weapon against their main enemy - fruit flies.

Sure, your clock is keeping time -- but to what?

SIMMESPORT, La. -- Inside a nondescript building in a remote lowland bordering the Mississippi River, biologist Paul Hartfield points to a map on an overhead screen as he explains to a group of fellow biologists how he t...