Science
Prehistoric ape from Germany was a pioneer of two-legged walking
Fossils unearthed in southern Germany of a remarkable ape that lived about 11.6 million years ago
NASA probe provides insight on solar system's border with interstellar space
NASA's Voyager 2 had crossed over to areas beyond the Milky Way's Sun's reach last year, learnings of which have now been shared.
Boeing tests space taxi, one of three parachutes does not open
The tested CST-100 Starliner crew capsule however performed 'acceptably' overall, being developed to ferry astronauts to & from the ISS.
Secretive military spaceplane lands in Florida after record-long orbital flight
The unpiloted X-37B, touched down on an airstrip at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:51 a.m. ET after spending 780 days orbiting Earth
Humankind's ancestral 'homeland' pinpointed in Botswana
It has been long established that Homo sapiens originated somewhere in Africa before later spreading worldwide.
Research develops new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
The technique is described in a new paper in the journal Energy and Environmental Science by MIT postdoc Sahag Voskian.
NASA plans to send water-hunting robot to moon surface in 2022
The VIPER robot will drive for miles (km) on the dusty lunar surface to get a closer look at underground pockets of ice.
Here's how plants can remain green throughout the year
It mimics abscisic acid, or ABA, the natural hormone produced by plants in response to drought stress.
Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise
With dinosaurs no longer eating them, mammals made quick evolutionary strides.
Researchers close to developing short-term earthquake forecast system
This data can help experts develop short-term earthquake forecast methods.