After transforming from a ball into a wheeled robot, this small rover crawled along the lunar surface, taking photos.

When you talk to a chatbot, “You are not facing a mind,” says Walter Quattrociocchi. “ [AI] is a totally different process.” ...

Dickson became an avalanche educator, teaching people how to safely navigate the mountains in winter. But he eventually got ...

No farm-plant extract worked as well as current medicines. But 13 of the 24 plants did kill some bacteria. These included ...

A sickle across the throat and a padlock on her toe were meant to keep a 17th-century teen girl from resurrecting from the ...

Scientists are exploring new ways to regain control of stressed-out nervous systems, including humming, tapping on the skin ...

A sanguivore is an animal that eats blood. Some species survive on blood alone. They are called obligate sanguivores. Bedbugs ...

Three species picked their favorite human targets based on skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help design better ...

To cut their wastes to nearly zero, circular cities are launching projects to repair, reuse and recycle virtually everything.

Some hydrogels are made of natural polymers. Jell-O is a good example. It contains a natural polymer called gelatin. Other ...

When water droplets take on an electric charge, rain can become corrosive and start to eat through bridges, cars and more, ...

Dark matter isn’t the universe’s only “missing” matter. Distant bursts of radio waves have now turned up vast, faint gas ...