These trippy images show how Google's AI sees the world!

Well this is creepy. Google's image recognition programs are usually trained to look for specific objects, like cars or dogs. But ...

World's first ‘bee highway’ is being constructed in Norway!

What a sweet ride! The world’s first ‘highway for bees’ is being planned in Oslo, Norway to provide a safe and sustainable transport env...

Male and female mice process pain differently!

And it could have implications for how we treat chronic pain in humans. New research into the pain processing of mice has found male a...

World’s first underground urban farm opens for business in London!

What else are you going to do with abandoned WWII tunnels? The world’s first underground urban farm has started TRADING in London, makin...

World’s first commercial jet pack will go on the market next year!

Shut up and take our money. Sci-fi fans who happen to have a spare AUD$150,000 lying around will be very happy to know that as early as n...

Scientists have built artificial neurons that fully mimic human brain cells!

They could supplement our brain function. Researchers have built the world’s first artificial neuron that’s capable of mimicking the f...

Researchers predict the existence of a liquid that's as flat as graphene!

Two-dimensional liquid gold could exist. Around 12 years ago, scientists thought that two-dimensional materials were impossible. Then a ...

US Internet adoption plateaus at 84% among adult Americans!

Internet penetration is at virtual saturation, especially if you’re young/urban/rich. The latest snapshot of the state of Internet adopt...

Can you see by your tongue?

Braille just got a serious upgrade. Meet the BrainPort V100, a device that's just passed through FDA (Food and Drug Administration) ...

You would want to travel in this train!

We are so in. Elon Musk’s Hyperloop idea aims to make travel fast, efficient and affordable. But would it be comfortable? While there’s ...

Scientists are joining forces with cigarette companies so you can vape safely!

Scientists and big tobacco make an unlikely team, but is it legit? Huge numbers of health-focused researchers are joining the ranks of s...

SpaceX failed at its third attempt to make history: its 'reusable rocket' just exploded to bits

Such a shame. On Sunday morning it tried and failed to retrieve one of its Falcon 9 rockets, the CRS-7, after a launch, which would have...

Blood pressure drug erases memories of addiction!

Rats addicted to alcohol and cocaine are now free and clear. We’ve come a long way from when we thought addiction was just a simple chem...

Google wants to line your city streets with Wi-Fi!

We can't wait. You're probably used to getting Wi-Fi (of varying quality) inHOTELS, libraries and at home, but if Google gets ...

This new roof material stays colder than the air around it - even in summer!

A smarter way to cool your house. Researchers from the Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney (UTS Science) have created ...

A flood plain in Australia is crawling with 25,000 tarantulas!

This is horrifying. Researchers have found a floodplain near a small town in Australia's Northern Territory that contains a 'meg...

Here’s how eggs can super-charge your salads!

Eggs + raw veggies = awesome nutrient absorption. While many eaters are mindful to limit their overall egg consumption for fear of ram...

Google's AI bot thinks the purpose of life is 'to live forever'!

Conversations with a machine This week, Google  released a research paper  chronicling one of its latest forays into artificial intell...

Study shows kids with better memories make better liars!

The better the memory, the better the ‘verbal deception’ abilities. Children who possess good memory skills are also more adept at telli...

Results of 3-year clinical trial show the bionic eye safely restores vision!

The device helped 89 percent of patients see again. Three years after clinical trials in humans first began, researchers in the US have ...

Here’s why heavy metal is good for you!

Extreme music!!! In contrast to the popularly held view that extreme music like heavy metal is responsible for causing feelings of anger...

Paralysed people have learnt to control robots remotely with their thoughts!

Avatar , we're coming for you. To make the robot easy to control without too much strain, its AI is capable of avoiding obstacles, e...

Taiwanese coffee machine lets drinkers print selfies onto lattes.

It’s an invention that may cause talented latte artists the world over to spit out their milky brown drink in sheer horror, but either wa...

MRI scans reveal what almost dying in a plane crash does to your brain

This is your brain on trauma. A group of passengers who were convinced they were going to die when their plane lost power over the Atlan...

Human volunteers will receive lab-made 'synthetic blood’ transfusions!

The world-first trial has been approved. Synthetic blood that’s been produced in the lab using umbilical cord stem cells and donated blo...

Pro-choice activists prepare “Abortion Drone” for maiden flight!

Abortion Drone is ready for takeoff. Drone technology is  no stranger to controversy , but even so, the latest announcement from Dutch a...

Google’s self-driving cars are now cruising the streets of California!

And they look adorable. Like hoverboards and jetpacks, self-driving cars are one of those 'too-good-to-be-true' technologies t...

New invention stops the spread of bacteria on bathroom door handles!

It's about time! The thought of touching a door handle in a public restroom is cringe-inducing. It takes just one person who doesn&#...

World’s fastest camera shoots 4.4 trillion frames per second!

This new camera is around 1,000 times faster than any other camera in the world, and is powered by a brand new technique for capturing imag...

Here's how to turn your iPhone into a 20-megapixel super camera!

Want to transform your phone into a DSLR? Engineers at photography company DxO have created an accessory that lets you turn your iPhone ...

Here are the educational apps that actually work, according to science!

Not all apps are created equal. An international team of researchers have created the first  evidence-based guide that helps parents wor...

This new insulin patch could soon replace injections for diabetics!

This is genius. A new 'smart patch' lined with painless microneedles full of insulin has been developed by researchers in the ...

Medical marijuana labels are only accurate in 17% of cases!

Pot standards have gone to pot. Labelling on edible medical marijuana products in the US is rarely accurate, the results of a new st...

NASA’s New Horizons reveals first-ever colour images of Pluto!

This is just the beginning. On 14 July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft  will make an historic zoom past Pluto , and get us as clo...

Scientists have grown a mini human placenta on a chip!

And now we can get to know this vital organ a whole lot better. Scientists around the world have managed to construct  brains ,  lungs...

Meet the new, ethically made smartphone that you can fix/upgrade yourself!

And it's designed to actually last the length of your contract. A Dutch electronics company has developed a new smartphone that’s ...

Look up! Jupiter and Venus are about to converge in the night sky!

This week will be incredible for skywatching. In these final days of June 2015, the two brightest planets in the night sky are putting o...

Sitting down all the time is making us more anxious, study suggests!

Turns out sitting down is bad for our mental health too. Sitting down for long periods of time and engaging in less-than-social behavi...

It’s official: scientists say we're entering Earth's sixth mass extinction!

And humans may struggle to survive it. Biologists have used conservative new estimates to prove that vertebrate species on Earth are d...

Battle Lines Drawn Around the Legality of 'Killer Robots'

This article was originally published on  The Conversation . The publication contributed this article to Live Science's  Expert Vo...

The man with the golden arm

This man has saved over 2 million lives! An Australian man has donated blood plasma every three weeks for the past 60 years and saved th...

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