Engineers at North Carolina State University have achieved a new record for the fastest moving soft robot, using silicon bands to mimc the elastic running motions of a cheetah.

It was the ultimate speed battle between man and nature as Felipe Massa took on a peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on planet Earth. The falcon is capable of speeds of up to 217mph.

A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrapped the e-bandage around the chests of rats who had a cut on their backs. This caused the wound to heal in just three days versus 12 in others.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have studied thousands of species of animals and birds to work out where reservoirs of contagious, mosquito-borne viruses could be.

Footage of the colour-changing octopus was captured by a free-diver as he swam in the crystal clear waters in the French Riviera.

The battery-powered devices about the size of a small cooler and can deliver packages autonomously, but for now, they'll be accompanied with a human while they're being tested out.

Speaking at an event on AI technology in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, president Putin called for safeguards, setting out rules for how humans should interact with the robots.

The largely intact Styracosaurus skull has wonky horns and was discovered by then graduate student Scott Persons in 2015 in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.

Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia,  could release aerosols such as black carbon which may speed up the melting of the Andean glaciers, finds Rio de Janeiro State University.

The drawings, around 4 inches in length, were discovered in the rocky area of ​​San Juan, near the town of Albuquerque in the province of Badajoz in western Spain.

'Director's View' lets users cycle between different lenses on their phones and also allows them to 'lock on' to a subjects that they're recording, keeping them in focus according to snippets of code.

Black Friday fever is almost upon us, and this year online retailer Amazon is rolling out the deals a whole week early in what will be its 'biggest ever' event.

Over the past 20 years, experts from Durham University have been studying the remains of 110 Anglo-Saxons found buried in the dunes near the Northumberland castle.

A 2016 discovery that the Tullimonstrum had a stiffened rod of cartilage saw Tully classified as a predatory vertebrate - now University College Cork researchers believe the grouping was wrong.

After connectivity issues with the Disney+ during its launch yesterday, Vizio has announced it's working on an update for its SmartCast TVs that could help some users access the service.

NASA is investigating how best to respond to the possibility of an asteroid or a comet colliding with Earth in fictional situations.

In a profanity-laden tirade from one of TV's most famous liaisons of science and learning, viewers were dealt a stark warning about the disastrous effects of climate change.

The ancient workshop is thought to date back to the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Amenhotep III - King Tut's grandfather. The sphinx and hundreds of hieroglyphic fragments were found at the site.

First found in China, it has caused significant problems in other areas it has invaded. It can form dense mats of up to 1,500 mussels per square metre - which can suffocate scallops and oysters.

The startup, called Humu, uses machine learning to parse through employee data and then 'nudges' workers to help them improve in areas that might make their work lives better.

Ford created a futuristic-looking dog kennel that uses noise-cancellation panels and the carmarker's active noise control technology to create an insulated environment for pets.

Most visitors think of New York's Parks as the only place to find trees. However, a new study found New York City has  over 5 million 'forested natural areas' along with 666,000 street trees.

The underwater skeletons of 185 wooden ships, referred to as ghost vessels, were deliberately sunk or have been left to decompose for hundreds of years in the Potomac River, Maryland, US.

A researcher from Princeton University in New Jersey has found that testosterone levels and masculine features are directly related to the perception of a man's talent.

Spanish archaeologists found the remains of the girl during a dig near the city of Luxor in Egypt and say she would have been 15 or 16 when she died.

The vessel was unearthed from the Porta de Mar archaeological site on the ancient waterfront of the town of Poreč, where it had sunk near an ancient pier.

Video captured by hidden cameras in rural North Wales caught the animals moving around at night and playing with each other.

People staying indoors because of the coronavirus lockdown missed out on the joint-warmest April on record, according to a new climate report issued by the European Union.

New research suggests Planet Nine is a mirage and nothing more than 'collective gravity.' The team say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris that formed when the solar system was born.

Researchers working in Alaska observed wolf spiders eating juvenile spiders due to a warming Arctic that is making them grow larger and produce more offspring, resulting in less resources.

A new study from the Amazon predicts the mysterious 'ghost dogs' of the Amazon may face new environmental threat, as deforestation is expected to reduce their natural habitat by 30 percent.

British scientists claim juggling is likely because the otters are hungry and excited to eat. Whether rock juggling is beneficial or a random hobby is yet to be determined.

One of the teams of scientists that first developed the gene-editing tool has altered it so that it can search out viral RNA instead of human DNA for a test that could even eventually be run at home.

Astronauts on the ISS received a package of Nickelodeon's iconic green slime, which they used to play ping pong and slime each other to see how the goo behaves in microgravity.

The presence of the black hole in the HR 6819 system was discovered by researchers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

It was discovered using the Mt Lemmon Survey in Arizona at almost the exact time it made its fly-by past Earth.

Healthcare professionals who attend religious services at least once a week are less likely to die despair-related deaths such as suicides, a new study suggests.

An underwater forest of massive hydrothermal vents has been mapped for the first time off the coast of Washington State. There are more than 500 spirals over eight miles of seabed.

A 'March Miracle' brought significant rainfall to southern California that birthed fields of orange poppies and NASA shared an image showing a sea of wildflowers as seen from space.

The feature will use information that's entered into the Health app's Medical ID section which contains data on blood type, food allergies, current medication, and more.

Army solders at Fort Hood, Texas are conducting training exercises in the online computer game War Thunder while observing social distancing habits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mystery of the volcano-dwelling snail and its iron shell has been unravelled by scientists after its genome was decoded for the first time.

Neolithic humans in central Europe may have been brewing beer 6,000 years ago, according to scientists who have developed a new method to analyse grains.

The cannibalistic animal in question is a species called Mnemiopsis leidyi, which is also known as the warty comb jelly. It regularly washes up on Baltic shores.

Any effective vaccine will take over a year to be developed and ready to be brought to bear on the coronavirus outbreak on a large scale, the UK-led team argued.

The music streaming service Deezer is developing an AI tool to analyze lyrics and help determine whether new songs added to its library should be flagged as explicit.

The root of the problem lies in the 'generational squeeze' of having dependent parents on one side and grown-up children struggling to start a career on the other, US researchers found.

UK consumers stuck at home during lockdown are using a fraction of the data that they would usually, relying on home WiFi instead, comparison site Uswitch has reported.

Speaking on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk said Neuralink will have a version of brain implant ready 'within a year', which aims to treat brain injuries and trauma, and enable symbiosis with AI.

While the details of how the game will work are sparse, picture from The Verge suggest that it will be live and may even include a chat feature in which a 'live audience' can watch along.