Legal highs make Uruguay a beacon for marijuana research

A year ago, biophysicist Nelson Bracesco was studying yerba mate, a popular caffeine-laden infusion brewed in South America. But a legal a...

Flying to work?

myCopter is a small commuter helicopter designed to help you avoid city traffic. Researchers want you to change your car for a mini-helicopt...

Fish-eating spiders are real, and they cover most of the planet

This is the stuff of nightmares. Spiders that can eat fish TWICE their size exist on every continent except Antarctica, scientists have di...

New device pulls water from thin air

A mat made of billions of carbon nanotubes can suck water out of thin air - even in the driest places on Earth. The advance, which takes a...

The sand in Okinawa is made up of tiny stars

The "stars" are the exoskeletons of foraminifers, a marine protozoa that once lived on the ocean floor and has washed up, most f...

SHOULD YOU HOVER OR COVER THE TOILET SEAT?

Public bathrooms can be pretty gross - but should you be worried about contamination? We break down the science to find out if your tush i...

Will Human Teleportation Ever Be Possible?

Lately it seems like the research world has launched into a full-throttle game of “what superpower would you choose?” For those who desire...

School Principal Accused Of Forcing Students To Walk For Hours As Punishment

A school principal from North Carolina is under investigation for allegedly giving elementary students a form of corporal punishment. The st...

13-Year-Old Girl Burned Alive By Her Own Father For Walking Home With A Boy

A 13-year old girl from Tunisia was burned alive by his own father for walking home with a male classmate. The father burned his own daughte...

New technology makes decayed teeth repair themselves

No more fillings! Scientists have developed a technique that triggers the tooth’s natural repair process to reverse decay - and it could b...

There’s a scientific reason your iPhone headphones are always tangled

It turns out Apple's headphones are pretty much designed to tie themselves up in knots. read more

Game of Thrones exposed: How molten gold would really kill you

To celebrate the season finale of  Game of Thrones , we're exploring the science behind one of the show's most creative and gruesome...

Threesome Sex In A Car Ends In Crash

A threesome fun between a man and two women in a parked car goes dangerously wrong. The threesome ended suddenly when the man accidentally r...

New touchscreen technology can tell the difference between a fingertip, a knuckle, a fingernail and a stylus

Called 'Fingersense', this new touchscreen technology can recognise four different types of inputs, giving you the versatility of ...

The new type of computer can process 640 terabytes of data in one billionth of a second

HP is developing a new type of computer called The Machine that's six times more powerful than an existing server, and consumes 80 tim...

Engineering students have made roof tiles that break down pollutants when exposed to sunlight

Titanium dioxide breaks down smog particles in the air, and students in the US have shown that in one year, one roof coated in it can break ...

The famous shipwreck on Navagio beach in Zakynthos, Greece

The famous shipwreck on Navagio beach in Zakynthos, Greece.. have you seen it from this angle before?

Crabeater seal teeth are probably the strangest in the entire animal kingdom

Crabeater seal teeth are probably the strangest in the entire animal kingdom. The odd shapes work as a sieve, filtering out microscopic or...

Woman Discovers Her Niece's Plans Of Murdering Her Through Facebook

A woman got the shock of her life when she founds out that her 19-Year old niece is plotting to kill her with the guys she meets online thr...

Inside of a camel's mouth

It might look like a Sarlacc pit from Star Wars, but that monstrosity is the inside of a camel's mouth. Those fleshy projections prote...