Bear or farmer? Scientists find bears' eating habits are critical for maintaining vegetation
A new study has found that Alaska's brown and black bears' occasional eating habits are extremely critical for maintaining vegetation in the region.
Can Elon Musk's 'spacefaring' Roadster come back? Scientists see a possibility of collision with Earth
The car has been marked as a 'Near Earth Object' by Nasa and is now moving towards the asteroid belt.
Nasa's Opportunity rover captures 'surprising' Earth-like rock features on Mars
The features looked very similar to formations found on volcanic slopes in Hawaii, according to the space agency.
Will alien life discovery create panic among humans? Study shows we'd rather be 'upbeat about it'
Researchers have analysed news of potential alien life discovery to understand the reaction of the human race.
Chinese emperor artefact purchased for £47 turns out to be a rare 25,000 year-old Ice Age fossil
The relic now values at more than £25,000 and the man plans to sell it next month.
1,000-year-old 'lost' pyramid city in the heart of Mexico was as densely built as Manhattan
So far, archaeologists have verified some 7,000 features of lost city discovered via revolutionary lidar tech.
Watch out for the Indian symbol that crashes iPhones and keeps messaging apps from working
The bug affects iMessage and popular apps such as WhatsApp, Gmail, Facebook Messenger, and Outlook for iOS.
Distant supermassive black holes are expanding so fast, they are actually outstripping star growth
Till date, scientists thought that black holes in distant galaxies grew in tandem with stars.
Nasa's asteroid hunter captures beautiful Earth-Moon pair from 40 million miles away
The spacecraft was travelling at 19,000 miles per hour when it took the spectacular cosmic photo.
A dark tornado? Nasa's Hubble captures Neptune's mysterious 'shrinking' storm for the first time
When it first appeared, the whole thing was big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal but now it is way smaller.
UK-based 'cyborg artist' with skull-implanted antenna believes humans will redesign themselves
Neil Harbisson believes that governments should slowly accept people who want to extend their personality with hi-tech implants.
Alien sculpture? Rare 4 billion-year-old meteorite sold off at record-breaking price
The 70-pound meteorite looks like an ellipsoid cosmic sculpture with "numerous sockets and perforations".
Our neighbouring Andromeda galaxy might not be as big and deadly as we thought, study reveals
The two galaxies are moving towards each other and will collide after some four billion years.
Watch these 'life saver' African ants rescue and nurse their injured siblings
This is the first time that such behaviour has been seen in any animal other than humans.
'Illuminati' is hiding technology to tackle climate change, claims former Canadian defence minister
Paul Hellyer claimed that the group has not come out with the technology as it has huge financial stakes in the petroleum industry.
Nasa's 'low boom' supersonic jet gets full funding under Trump's budget proposal, set to fly in 2021
The technology used in the high-speed jet could be leveraged by commercial airlines to start supersonic passenger flights.
Ancient Martian meteorite is going back home with Nasa's next Mars rover
Once it lands on the Red Planet, the rock will be used as target practice for a high-precision laser called 'SHERLOC' positioned on the rover's robotic arm on the rover's arm.
Watch Boston Dynamics' creepy SpotMini 'robo-dog' open and hold door for its armless sibling
Boston Dynamics, the SoftBank-owned robotics giant, has shared a new video of its four-legged and technology-rigged pet.
Winter games for robots? Watch these tiny robots race and take a nosedive on ski slopes
The organisers of the challenge say that the race was an effort to showcase South Korea's growing footprint in the robotics' space.
Watch: Russia successfully tests its beefed-up missile-destroying rocket
The weapon test, from Kazakhstan's Sary-Shagan testing range, was successful despite frigid weather conditions prevailing in the region
Climate change is speeding up global sea level rise, expected to double by 2100
The projected consequences of the rapid increase could lead to critical problems for major coastal cities around the globe.
Weirdness of AI – Neural network creates hilarious candy heart messages ahead of Valentine's Day
The algorithm came up with some bizarre results after learning from genuine candy heart messages.
Rare 2,000-year-old 'food' chamber found hiding under Scottish construction site
The ancient chamber goes three feet below the surface and is approximately six feet long.
Nasa's mission to study and predict snowstorms at Winter Olympics 2018 – all you need to know
Nasa and 20 other agencies are deploying high-end imagers and radars near the Winter Olympic event venues to take observations for better prediction models.
Dippy the dinosaur starts off grand UK tour, to visit eight destinations over next two years
A 70ft-long skeleton replica of the Diplodocus carnegii species, which lived about 145-156 million years ago, has been unveiled at the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester.
1,800-year-old Roman mosaic with long mysterious inscription unearthed in Israel
The ancient mosaic was discovered under a 1,500-year-old building that was likely used as a place for gathering and socialising.
How these close relatives of sharks use super-hot volcanic sea vents as 'nurseries'
Researchers observed over a hundred egg casings of the creatures near volcanic vents spewing out water heated at several hundred degrees.
'Tadpole' on Mars? Nasa captures weird Martian crater in stunning new image
The image is essentially an impact crater from which water used to flow outwards.
Are these different images? Baffling optical illusion takes the internet by storm
The two images of a brick lane look slightly different but there is a catch.
Can lasers take out incoming missiles? US Navy just bought high-energy laser cannon for its destroyer
The $150m contract handed to Lockheed Martin also includes development and delivery of a land-based laser weapon system.