There's a deep ocean of magma lurking beneath the crust of Jupiter's moon Io, a new study says. Only slightly…
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How your brain knows what's next!
The shifting bars and growing circles in this video may seem familiar - but they might help to explain how…
Asteroids make life's raw materials
WERE asteroids the factories that created life's building blocks? For the first time, rocks from an asteroid have been shown…
Rolling Robot Inspired by Caterpillar
A robot that mimics one of the caterpillar's trickiest moves, escaping predators by curling into a wheel and rolling away,…
Human-Like Robot Built for Assembly Lines
Its name is FRIDA, and it's a creation of ABB, the Swiss power and automation giant, which introduced it early…
GM mosquitoes offer malaria hope
Scientists believe they are closer to being able to change the DNA of wild mosquitoes in order to combat malaria.…
Aurora from Saturn moon 'circuit'
Saturn enjoys a flickering "Northern Lights" phenomenon thanks to a flow of electrons to and from its moon Enceladus, researchers…
Pluto Has Carbon Monoxide
As if being distant and frigid weren't enough, Pluto is cloaked in a puffy atmosphere that contains highly toxic carbon…
Scientists make eye's retina from stem cells
A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells,…
Premature birth gene 'discovered'
A gene linked to premature births has been discovered, scientists in the US and Finland have said. The researchers hope…