Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago. They suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. An Italian-led team reported recently that there is evidence...
No one has ever seen a live spade-toothed whale. It is the world's rarest kind of whale. No one knows how many exist, what they eat, or even where they live in the southern Pacific Ocean. However, scientists in New Zealand may finally get to learn mo...
South Korean beauty products company AmorePacific has a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory that has become popular with customers. At the lab, robots mix face products, and the latest technology recommends the best lipstick color for an indi...
Four scientists have left a model Mars environment where they lived in isolation for more than a year. The crew took part in the experiment for the American space agency NASA. Team members included commander Kelly Haston, medical officer Nathan Jones...
Human doctors perform amputations, or removal of an arm, leg, or finger, after a serious injury. The purpose of this action is to prevent infection or disease. But humans are not alone in doing them. New research shows that some ants perform amputati...
Pieces of bones in a cave in the Tibetan highlands have given researchers new evidence of the mysterious human ancestors known as Denisovans. International researchers examined more than 2,500 bones found inside Baishiya Karst Cave. Most of the bones...
American farmers are using an ancient tree from India to produce beans for making protein-rich foods and biofuels. The tree is called pongamia. It is native to India, Southeast Asia and Australia. But farmers in the southern state of Florida have fou...
On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have discovered the world's oldest known cave painting. The researchers used a laser to date the painting. They found it was created at least 51,200 years ago. The painting is inside a cave called Lean...
The American professional racing organization, NASCAR, recently rolled out its first electric vehicle model to the public. Officials with the motorsports company say they hope to use the vehicle to explore the level of interest in electric vehicles (...
Scientists have identified a kind of desert moss that could help support possible colonies on Mars, a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed recently. The moss - Syntrichia Caninervis - was able to survive Mars-like conditions of extreme dry...
Recent United Nations data shows that China is ahead of other countries in filing patents for generative artificial intelligence (or GenAI) inventions. China has filed six times more patents than the United States. Generative AI produces text, images...
The U.S. space agency NASA has chosen SpaceX to produce a vehicle to take the International Space Station (ISS) out of orbit at the end of its service life. NASA recently announced that SpaceX will design, develop, and build the spacecraft. The vehic...
About half of Nigeria's 200 million people cannot get enough electricity from the country's electrical grid. Many poor, rural communities have no electrical service at all. Nigeria has a lot of sunny weather and solar energy appears to be a good way...
A recent report by environmental researchers says that protecting 1.2 percent of the Earth's land surface could prevent most extinctions. Extinction is the permanent disappearance of an animal or plant from the Earth. The researchers estimated that s...
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue to expand in the workplace. And some U.S. states have launched specialized programs to train workers on how to deal with the new technologies. Many industries are expected to heavily depend on a series of t...
