Squirrels - the acrobats of the animal world - are helping scientists develop ever more agile smart robots. Engineers have got to the bottom of the split-second thinking of the bushy-tailed rodents. It enables them to leap and land - from the sturdiest wall to the flimsiest branch. The breakthrough...

In December 2022, California scientists achieved a major breakthrough -- a nuclear fusion reaction that produced more energy than was used to create it. Scientists have done it again and this time their results produced even more energy. Professor Peter Hosemann, chair of nuclear and mechanical eng...

West Africa is being plagued by a new outbreak of Ebola — a terrifying disease that causes its victims to bleed to death from the inside out. Ebola has no cure, and the latest epidemic is spreading fast.

VICE News visited Liberia, where many feel the new outbreak began, borne from the bushmeat ma

THE TITANIC NEW DIGITAL SCAN: The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before. The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping. It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, ena...

How close are technologies to simulating or overtaking human intelligence and what are the implications for industry and society? Speakers: -Matthew Grob, Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, Qualcomm, USA. -Andrew Moore, Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University...

Jupiter has a lot going on, with massive storms, intense winds, auroras, and severe temperature and pressure extremes. The James Webb Space Telescope of NASA has now taken fresh images of the planet. Webb's Jupiter observations will provide scientists with much more information about Jupiter's inner...

Palm trees are a diverse, complex group of plants, with about 2,500 species of mostly tropical origin. All of them reproduce from seed. For palms with single trunks, it's the only way they reproduce. For palms that cluster or branch, an offset or branch can root to make a new plant. For seed formati...

Flexibility is important in gymnastics because without the right range of motion, gymnasts will be unable to learn how to do certain skills. In this video we introduce Ukrainian flexible gymnast and handstand athlete PAVEL STANKEVYCH from Ukraine.

For America's beekeepers, who have struggled for nearly a decade with a mysterious malady called colony collapse disorder that kills honeybees in mass, this past year was particularly bad. It has been very hard to keep them alive.

While reading the news about Zachary Quintos coming out, news man Dan Kloeffler comes out himself. They both support the Trevor Project in the prevention of gay teenage suicide.