Smart materials could 'transform our lives'

A report examines the potential of materials that can change shape, adapt and repair themselves. …

After Tricky Landing, New Mars Rover To Scour Ancient Lake Bed For Life Signs

Perseverance, set to land on the Red Planet on Thursday, is carrying the most sophisticated robotic…

Learning lifeline for London kids struggling to do online lessons

In a community centre in a deprived London suburb—surrounded by old computers and tangled leads—volunteers take…

'7 minutes of terror': Perserverance rover's nail-biting landing phase

Seven months after blast-off, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will have to negotiate its shortest and most…

Was there ever life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance rover wants to find out

Seven months in space, a mission that was decades in the making and cost billions of…

Frigid temperatures, power outages lead to water problems

About 7 million people in Texas—a quarter of the nation’s second-most populous state—were told to boil…

Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year: NGO

Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world’s five most populous cities last year,…

Power outages linger for millions as another icy storm looms

Utility crews raced Wednesday to restore power to nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. who…

NASA rover streaks toward a landing on Mars

A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet…

Study finds no gender discrimination when leaders use confident language

People tend to listen to big talkers, whether they are women or men. Still, more women…