News about science
Large Hadron Collider starts up again after two-year upgrade
The world's largest particle smasher restarted after a two-year upgrade that will allow physicists to explore uncharted corners of what makes up the universe.
06 April 2015
Packed with health benefits, coffee gains ground with experts
Coffee is gaining ground among medical experts who say it can protect against heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes, even if it is decaffeinated.
02 April 2015
First Kazakh expedition to North Pole
Kazakhstan is sending its first expedition to the North Pole.
24 March 2015
Toyota rolls into TED with zippy new way to get around
Steve Gundrum was grinning when he climbed out of a Toyota some might call a cross between a zippy scooter and an eco-friendly electric car.
20 March 2015
Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse
All eyes will be on the skies for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbard archipelago and Faroe Islands.
20 March 2015
Gates calls for 'germ games' instead of war games
Bill Gates opened a mock Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Conference as part of a call to be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic.
19 March 2015
Milky Way may host billions of planets in 'habitable' zones: study
The Milky Way galaxy may be home to billions of planets orbiting their host stars in a "habitable zone" where life could theoretically exist.
18 March 2015
Liquid metal 'Terminator' robot inspires 3D printer
A terrifying killer liquid metal robot from a blockbuster "Terminator" science fiction film has inspired what was heralded here as a revolution in 3D printing.
18 March 2015
From cancer-battling bacteria to life on Mars at TED
Brilliant minds wrapped around heady notions ranging from injecting medicine by laser to cherishing life on Earth while seeking a future in the stars as the TED conference began.
17 March 2015
Astronauts return to Earth on Russian Soyuz spaceship
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth aboard a Soyuz space capsule after spending six months at the International Space Station.
12 March 2015
One billion young at risk of hearing loss from loud music: WHO
More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
28 February 2015
Russia confirms will use International Space Station till 2024
Russia will continue using the International Space Station along with NASA until 2024, its space agency said, after Moscow had threatened to stop financing it in 2020.
25 February 2015
British 'chocolate greenhouse' saving the world's cocoa
Chocolate lovers take heart: a steamy greenhouse near London is helping to ensure that cocoa crops globally remain disease-free and bountiful to cope with the growing appetite.
23 February 2015
NASA delays spacewalk to Saturday to analyze spacesuit
The start of a series of spacewalks to carry out major work at the International Space Station will be delayed by a day to Saturday so NASA can investigate a spacesuits problem.
20 February 2015
When fake news goes viral, blame the media: study
It's true. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.
14 February 2015
Looking for love online? Change your name to Aardvark
Scientists who found that people whose online name began with a letter in the top half of the alphabet -- A to M -- get the most "looks" from others.
13 February 2015
Gene study shows evolutionary tale of Darwin's finches
Gene sequencing of Galapagos Island finches first studied by Charles Darwin have found the birds have a traceable evolutionary history going back two million years.
12 February 2015
SpaceX launches deep-space weather observatory
A $340 million satellite that aims to alert people to potentially dangerous solar activity and geomagnetic storms blasted off toward deep space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
12 February 2015
Physics of food shows secrets of popcorn
To a couple of French investigators, popcorn is a biomechanical enigma waiting to be explained.
11 February 2015
Kazakh scientists suggest adding live bacteria to cattle's feed
Kazakh researchers from Almaty-based Kazakh National Technical University have developed bio pellets that facilitate growth of livestock.
09 February 2015