- Oculus hopes its $399 headset will bring virtual reality to the masses
- Plate tectonics may have been active on Earth since the very beginning
- Manta rays’ food-capturing mechanism may hold key to better filtration systems
- Powerful jet discovered coming from ‘wrong’ kind of star
- A self-powered heart monitor taped to the skin
- By Jove! Methane’s effects on sunlight vary by region
- Spheres can make concrete leaner, greener
- How a tiny Curiosity motor identified a massive Martian dust storm
- Newer contraceptive pills linked to reduced ovarian cancer risk in young women
- I attended an Oculus conference in virtual reality, and all I got was eyestrain.
- Engineers study hovering bats and hummingbirds in Costa Rica
- Unlocking the secret of how the brain encodes speech
- Taller plants moving into Arctic because of climate change
- Is that selfie edited? Why it may matter for women viewers
- Shaking the swarm
- The notorious luminous blue variable star
- Big increase in economic costs if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are delayed
- WhatsApp cofounder: “I am a sellout. I acknowledge that.”
- Scientists investigate how DEET confuses countless critters
- Fossil evidence of large flowering trees in N. America 15 millions years earlier
- Millions of birds die in collisions each year, but lights could change that
- Instrument boosts analysis of small, extremely dark materials
- Possible cause for Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury discovered
- Damaged liver cells undergo reprogramming to regenerate