Impact from a comet around 12,800 years ago is believed to have wiped out a human settlement, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. <br/>

Frozen plant species buried with Otzi the Iceman has allowed scientists to trace the unusual route he took before his death.

Gilead’s remdesivir is an antiviral nucleoside analogue that disrupts a virus’s ability to replicate its genome.

Plans were announced last month to build the tallest hybrid wooden skyscraper in the world in Vancouver. <br/>

Researchers have found that LED lights on fishing nets decrease the number of critically endangered species caught in them.

On Tuesday the ridesharing company for the first time offered a look at the inside of its aviation product, Uber Air. <br/>

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and several other European universities collaborated to create a leg neuroprosthesis that sends sensory information to nerves in amputees’ leg stump. <br/>

NASA has announced that it is building a new satellite dish as part of the Deep Space Network that would be able to communicate with far away robotic spacecrafts. <br/>

New research has linked an increase of toxic mercury in marine life to global warming and overfishing.

Massachusetts-based Alaka’i Technologies has developed a hydrogen-powered air vehicle called Skai that uses six rotors and performs vertical takeoffs and landings. <br/>

A total of 776 over-the-counter dietary supplements were found to contain potentially harmful drugs.

Health officials in Orange County, Florida have issued a public advisory warning residents of an increase of mosquitoes carrying the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

A new study has found that tattoo needles deposit metal particles such as nickel and chromium into the skin during the tattooing process.

Scientists from China have found a virus with “pandemic potential” that is related to the swine flu.

Thirty years ago peaceful protests for democratic reform quickly turned violent as Chinese armed forces turned their weapons against unarmed demonstrators. <br/>

The U.S. government is increasing its efforts to protect election databases and electoral systems from hackers in the run-up to next year’s presidential elections, Reuters reports.

Luca Curci Architects have proposed ‘Vertical City’, a project involving a zero energy building to house 25,000 people. <br/>

Scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new method of editing DNA which combines CRISPR-Cas9 with a reverse transcriptase enzyme. <br/>

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Leaked documents from the United Nations reveal that the body's networks had been compromised by hackers last year. <br/>

New research has found that the rorqual whale species, particularly humpback whales, are able to use stealth and deception to prey on tiny fish. <br/>

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Singaporean architectural firm WOHA has designed a sustainable, mixed-use building called Sky Green, in Taichung, Taiwan.<br/>