The next space race is not about making rockets faster, bigger or more capacious, but about reusing them reliably and cheaply. The US is well ahead, but can China catch up?

It isn't easy to demonstrate that a new geometric shape can actually exist in the real world, but one researcher argues that the genus-3 polyhedron can

Hooking up dogs to non-invasive EEG monitors has helped identify exactly which component of human speech the animals are most attuned to

Orangutans spend more than eight years learning how to cope on their own, and now we have a clearer idea of how they work out which foods to incorporate into their diet

A backpack consisting of electrodes, cables and a soft massage head kneads muscles in the back when it picks up on them being fatigued