A lunar colony seems an obvious choice for space colonization. It’s relatively close to Earth and we won’t get homesick that easily, right? You’d be surprised to learn the exact opposite.

Soft robots will allow a natural interaction with humans. The revolution of soft robotics is already happening, find out in this Interview with J. Rossitter

The dystopian urban future imagined in the Judge Dredd comics warns against letting technology rule our transport systems.

Superstition and science are confused frequently to explain the behaviour of several animals. Do fishes have memory? We explain 10 animal myths with science.

Born to royalty in Burma, Olive Yang, who died last week at 90, rejected her birthright to become a cross-dressing warlord and opium trafficker.

Put a lamb on an island of lions and they'll eat it – or will they?

The best defense against malicious AI is AI.

When transfers go really, really wrong, allegedly

Today, you can take your own Street View tour of the International Space Station, a place that few of us have had the fortune to set foot—or float—on.

I was reassigned to an unrelated job in the accounting office that collects royalty checks from fossil fuel companies.

We divide anonymous sources into six general types and give the pros and cons of each.

Ever Wondered What It Would Be Like To Take Photos In Space? Cinemagraph expert and space buff Armand Dijcks explains the challenges of capturing timelapses from the International Space Station and why NASA’s footage lends itself perfectly to cinemag ...

Don't let the catchy name distract you, says Philip Ball: the questions inspired by this arguably misnamed phenomenon go to the heart of quantum theory.

After a high point in 2011, it looked like a global wave of protest had crested. But another one is surging.

Crypto-cash leak made possible by software stuff-up

In October, Iraqi forces set out to retake Mosul, one of Iraq’s largest cities and ISIS’s biggest stronghold in the country. It would take them nine months and cost thousands of lives.

New research calculates the huge cost of 'negative emissions' technologies that will be required to avoid dangerous climate change.

Astronomers in Puerto Rico have picked up signal from a faint star that's not like anything they've seen before.

Add 'rent-a-cop' to the 'jobs safe from AI' list … for now

We analyze the origin of the Fibonacci spiral to assess if it is possible to speak of a divine geometry.