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...

The University of Tel Aviv: for the first time in the world, researchers at Tel Aviv University recorded and analyzed sounds distinctly emitted by plants. The click-like sounds, similar to the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human speech, but at high frequencies, beyond the h

It's time to lip sync for this legend's life! In honor of beloved icon Meryl Streep, 11 world famous drag queens transform into her award-winning catalog of characters to celebrate a Night of 1000 Meryls. Join Valentina, Manila Luzon, Monique Heart, Kim Chi, Willam, Vanessa "Vanjie" Mateo and more a...

Watch the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope—the most powerful space telescope ever made. This mission is scheduled to lift off at 7:20 a.m. EST (12:20 UTC), Dec. 25, 2021, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. With revolutionary technology, Webb will observe a pa

Our baby is stuck right now in a cosmic waiting room and we need your help buying safe passage to bring him here! We have a seemingly impossible dream to be great dads so we made a video about it and we hope you like it. Hi, we're Ulises and Ignacio, two guys trying desperately to bring a baby into ...

Normal Doors feels like a natural evolution for him as a filmmaker. He has refined his voice quite a bit for this effort—developing an interesting tone that manages to be comical, endearing, and emotional. Focusing on all topics that could have all been cloying (from “meet cutes” to obsessive compul

In a paper published in Nature on 28th January 2016, we describe a new approach to computer Go. This is the first time ever that a computer program “AlphaGo” has defeated a human professional player. The game of Go is widely viewed as an unsolved “grand challenge” for artificial intelligence. Games

The notion that the state of our gut governs our state of mind dates back more than 100 years. The emerging concept of the gut microbiome as a key regulator of brain and behavior opens up a new horizon in neuroscience. Precise targeting of the microbiome-gut-brain axis with psychobiotics is a novel

As the votes are announced in the New Zealand Parliament that affirm the Definition of Marriage Amendment (allowing equal marriage rights for the gay community), spectators in the gallery break into a Maori love song which most of the Members of Parliament then join in with. Quite touching. For my A

Hovi Star has been performing professionally since 2009, rising to prominence in Israel after taking part in the music reality TV show A Star is Born. He will represent Israel in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Made Of Stars. Hovi Star is one of Israel's most recognized and beloved si