Ride on time: Recycled bikes get Myanmar kids to school

The clangor of bells in the air, Myanmar children race home from school on recycled bikes…

Tech firm Slack to make market debut, at $26 reference price

Cloud-based software firm Slack Technologies makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday with…

Captive beluga whales make epic journey from China to Iceland sanctuary

Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium arrived in Iceland on Wednesday to live out their…

Sailing among the stars: how photons could revolutionize space flight

A few days from now, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from Florida, carrying…

Poll: Tracking asteroids a favored focus for space program

A new poll shows Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific…

New York to get one of world's most ambitious carbon reduction plans

New York state lawmakers on Wednesday passed one of the world’s most ambitious laws aimed at…

Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to save computer records

A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer…

Mineral discovery made easier: X-ray technique shines a new light on tiny, rare crystals

Like a tiny needle in a sprawling hayfield, a single crystal grain measuring just tens of…

The intersection of vision and language

Nine thousand two hundred artificial intelligence researchers. Five thousand one hundred sixty-five research papers submitted, of…

Oceanographers investigate the ocean's carbon-absorbing processes over time

It’s a well-known fact that the ocean is one of the biggest absorbers of the carbon…