This robot from Shanghai moves, smiles, and holds eye contact in a way that made thousands of viewers deeply uncomfortable, and that was entirely the point.

The upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it's going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.

"It challenges the common view of an 'age of vertebrates' in marine ecosystems."

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High-tech camera system makes it possible for humans to see colors in the way animals do, adding vivid new perspective to the natural world.

Every year, millions suffer, and thousands lose their lives to infections that were once easily treatable with the right dose of medication. The drugs are the same; human physiology is the same; the only difference is that microbes, such as bacteria, viruses,…

NASA plans a 2028 Mars mission using nuclear electric propulsion, a step that could transform deep-space travel.

"I think it must have been some piece of orbital debris or a satellite breaking up as it entered the atmosphere."

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower soon will light the sky with debris from Halley's comet. But a bright moon will spoil the fun this year, making the display harder to glimpse.