Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

The Peloton Altos Cycling Shoes are some of the best indoor cycling footwear money can buy, and now you can get them up to 52 ...

The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming.

A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

Pink lakes in Western Australia get their color from pigments produced by microbes, but climate change and other human ...

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping ...

Researchers have mapped out the neural pathway that humans use to perceive cool temperatures and found that it's separate from the one for sensing heat.

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

Research suggests that whether people view the world as competitive or cooperative impacts how they perceive antagonistic ...

A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies to real-world infections in people is not yet known.

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.