Dozens of U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give at least half their fortunes to charity as part of a…
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Size isn’t everything
OVERSIZED brains are to humans what trunks are to elephants and elaborate tail feathers are to peacocks – our defining…
Serve as a full-time surrogate mother
Fawzia al-Thiab stands surrounded by five children in their kitchen. This wouldn’t be an extraordinary picture in Syria, but these…
GM plants ‘established in the wild’
Researchers in the US have found new evidence that genetically modified crop plants can survive and thrive in the wild,…
Mars site may hold ‘buried life’
Researchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars. The team made…
Write, surf & move around just by sniffing
Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the internet,…
Flying Car or Roadable Aircraft?
For anyone who’s ever wanted to skip airport security lines and boarding delays, a newly designed flying car may pave…
Spectacular” Deep-Sea Species Found
An unidentified purple octopus (pictured) is one of 11 potentially new species found this month during a deep-sea expedition off…
Hairy-Nosed Otter Returns
A hairy-nosed otter—one of the world’s most endangered otter species—shows its face in Deramakot Forest Reserve, in the Malaysian state…
150-Year-Old Lost Ship Found in Arctic
Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage…