16 year-old scientist and humanitarian Jack Andraka has already changed the world. At 15, he won the Intel ISEF Gorden E. Moore award, the $75,000 top prize, for his invention of an early stage Pancreatic Cancer diagnostic test. Being referred to "the 15 year-old who changed the course of medicine" ...

Califirnia Institute of Technology researchers are further developing a drone ambulance to help safe lives. The Technion in Israel has been experiemnting and using this life savers drones for several years.

Join one of Google safety drivers for a ride in the second generation vehicle, the Lexus, to understand how Google's self-driving technology works on the road.

Astronomers have found the earliest stars in the universe After picking up faint signals from the earliest hydrogen gas ever detected, astronomers have found evidence of the very first stars in the Universe, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The findings have also unexpectedl

Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, chief academic officer of San Diego-based Scripps Health and digital health's rock star, was featured Jan. 25 on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams. In this interview with NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman, he showed off a number of...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have identified a new type of early human at the Nesher Ramla site, dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago. Headed by Prof. Israel Hershkovitz, Dr. Hila May and Dr. Rachel Sarig from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and...

Since 2008, Chicago has been implementing a series of strategies in its Climate Action Plan – an initiative that seeks to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels – and in 2019 committed to running the city on 100% renewable energy by 2040.

The "AI Bar", developed by DataSparQ, helps make ordering in busy boozers easier, faster and fairer by using the latest facial recognition technology to put punters in an “intelligently virtual” queue.

HAPPY CHANUKAH 2016 FROM TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY A speedy fantasy to light a menorah on the moon. Lecture halls spread knowledge, but also explode the imagination. Look what happens during this astrophysics lecture close to Hanukkah!

In this SCIENCE episode of Ask Dr. Bob we address Health and Politics. We discuss the use of PrEP to prevent acquiring HIV/AIDS and the need to continue the support of this medical treatment for all individuals at risk. We also discuss the political climate regarding abortion medication and the se...