An international team of climate scientists recently released a report on climate change and city growth. They found the effects of heavy rains that struck East Africa in recent months were worsened by climate change and fast development in cities. T...
New examinations of data collected from Venus suggest the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought. The finding is based on radar images captured by Magellan, an orbiting spacecraft that the American space agency NASA operated. NASA...
How many insects can you count in one hour? That was the question being asked by a group of environmentalists outside of Berlin's Natural History Museum recently. The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, or NABU, is asking regular people to he...
A scientist in Cuba is raising silkworms native to Asia in hopes the creatures will produce local, high quality silk for clothing. Dayron Martin is a biochemist who lives in western Cuba. He carries out experiments at the Indio Hatuey Experimental St...
New research suggests that the sun's magnetic field forms much closer to the surface than scientists had thought. The finding could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that hit Earth earlier this month. The magnetic field appea...
European aerospace company Airbus has fitted a special truck with airplane controls in an effort to test self-taxiing abilities. Airbus officials recently introduced the truck in Paris at Europe's largest technology event, VivaTech. The electric vehi...
They are six-legged, hairy home invaders that will not die, no matter how hard you try. Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors. But they did not start out that way. A recent study uses genetics to examine cockroaches' spread across the world, f...
A private company is working with the American space agency NASA to develop a new rocket that could greatly reduce space travel times. The engine for such a rocket will be designed to sharply increase the amount of thrust to speed up space travel and...
Most recent cars have an electronic key that lets the owner get into and start the car. The electronic key is called a fob to those who know about the technology. The fob sends a short-range signal to the car. As the owner gets close, the fob unlocks...
The baobab tree is a special thing to see. During the dry season, its leafless branches look like roots coming from a thick trunk. It appears as if someone took a tree from the ground, flipped it on its head and put it back into the earth. That is wh...
Researchers in Australia recently announced the launch of a new device that, they say, absorbs water from air to produce drinkable water. Researchers at the University of Newcastle call the device the Hydro Harvester. They said it can produce up to 1...
American software maker Microsoft says it will release new computer models with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The new computers will be equipped with a new version of Microsoft's existing AI tool, called Copilot. Copilot can operate ac...
Modern smart phones are still seen as a curiosity in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Experts believe mobile internet service is an important tool for economic growth in places such as Ghana. However, only about 25 percent of adults in the area sout...
If you have flown on an airplane before, you might have experienced turbulence. Turbulence is a sudden movement of air. It can move the plane around and force sudden changes in height. Flying through mild turbulence feels like driving a car over big...
Major AI developers and top government officials have agreed on measures that aim to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are safely built and deployed. The announcement came at the end of a two-day meeting in Seoul, South Korea. The gath...
