'Tickling' the ear with a small electrical current appears to rebalance the autonomic nervous system for over-55s, potentially slowing down one of the effects of ageing, according to new research.

The semi-autonomous robot is able to use human tools and guide itself across difficult terrain.

Quantum technologies promise a profound change in our digital lives. By harnessing the power of quantum physics, they can create absolutely un-hackable microchips and totally secure communication networks and they are being developed here in Europe

Workers removing shelves and coolers from a former No Frills Supermarket in Iowa,in January discovered the remains of a former employee who had been reported missing November 28, 2009. The remains were recently identified as those of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, according to CNN.

The climate emergency is a bigger issue than Brexit for the nearly three-quarters of people in the UK, according to a new poll.

The European Union’s top court says website owners could face legal risk over Facebook’s ubiquitous “Like” buttons. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that site owners could be held liable for transmitting data to Facebook without users’ consent — which appears to be exactly what happens when users visit a site with a Like button, whether or not they click it.

The world’s oldest olive tree on the island of Crete is said to produce some of the best olive oil in the world at the ripe old age of 3000 The Olive Tree of Vouves is estimated to be at least 3000 years old.

Imagine doing a huge, life-consuming job for a decade, and then it just… ends. And you’re done. Free to do whatever you want, because in this hypothetical you’re Robert Downey, Jr. and you have that kind of freedom. What comes next?

Map With AI, tool created by Facebook researchers and engineers, is helping the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project map missing roads around the world.

First bounty hunters, now a white nationalist. Cool!

After 28 years with the company, Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce is stepping down.

Summary: Researchers argue humans did not evolve to be consistently happy but primarily survive and reproduce.

Scientists are gaining insights into why Alzheimer's is more common in women. The answer involves genetics, hormones and sex-related brain differences.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. Follow here for live updates.

Facebook gets away with it again

Dozens of Amazon tech workers are supporting a strike by warehouse workers on Prime Day. Some will even fly out and picket.

CDC wants more data and faster reporting before the next wave of cases hits.

Exclusive: Study shows associated damage to critical pumping muscles, even in children

Thousands of women began their careers at NASA as computers, before the advent of electronic machines. A diverse and potent force in space exploration, their calculations were ultimately responsible for sending astronauts to the moon.

New research suggests ketogenic diet may play a role in treating schizophrenia.

"It's super painful to be a human being right now at this point in history."

While SCUBA diving off the coast of Zanzibar, marine biologist Luiz Rocha saw a fish he had never seen before. He sent a photograph to his collaborator Yi-Kai Tea, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Sydney, who confirmed that it was a new species of fairy wrasse from the genus Cirrhilabrus. As a fan of the Marvel cinematic universe who had just helped to discover a bright purple fish in an isolated environment in Africa, Tea knew there was just one name they could give their discov...

The new Mortal Kombat movie will be the first to be rated R in North America. And you know what that means: fatalities on the big screen. The most gratuitously violent fighting game is finally getting a gratuitously violent film.

Three things the FCC’s done since net neutrality was repealed

CO2 in bedrooms and offices may affect cognition and cause kidney and bone problems