In a remarkable discovery, researchers say ants apparently possess the ability to navigate and use a compass route in any direction they might take, even if they are walking backward or spinning around.
2016 is now the hottest year on record with the temperature 0.07 degrees Celsius higher than 2015, according to NASA, NOAA, and WMO.
The Nokia 1020 is known for its 41 megapixel camera. A team of researchers used this camera feature to make a low-cost molecular analyser and DNA sequencer.
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) recently released a set of images captured by its telescope that reveal an animal-like sunspot which measures nearly twice as large as the diameter of the Earth.
The Cassini probe has been zipping through Saturn's orbit for more than a decade. Now, for the first time, the spacecraft captured a photo of one of Saturn's tiny moons, Daphnis, hidden in between its majestic ring system.
The University of Manchester, in collaboration with McLaren F1 and watchmaker Richard Mille, recently unveiled the world's lightest mechanical watch weighing only 40 grams. The case of the watch is made of a graphene composite which is lighter than any other watchmaking material.
A 100-mile ice crack on the Atlantic grew longer by another 6 miles (about 10km) in less than two weeks this month, according to a report by British researchers on Thursday.
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has discovered some interesting "ancient mud cracks" on the surface of the Red Planet, indicating the evidence of water and hinting that this dry planet could have once been a wet world.
One of the world's most powerful telescopes has stared into the sun and taken a series of stunning photos, revealing direct observations of the sun along with close-ups of a massive sunspot twice the size of the Earth.
In a miraculous turn of events, a leopard shark has given birth to babies without a male mate inside its aquarium in Queensland, Australia. Scientists suggest that this could be a crucial step to saving this endangered species.
