Himanshu Goenka

The insects are smarter than most people usually think. They prefer to bite some people, and not others, and can also learn to avoid certain individuals who they associate with swatting.

Homo sapiens have been around for about 300,000 years, according to the oldest known fossil of our species, but our rounded brains evolved much later.

InSight is scheduled to launch from a launch facility on the California coast in May 2018, and if it isn’t delayed, will land on the surface of Mars in November.

Called Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, the long-tailed macaques were cloned in China using the same method that was used to clone Dolly the sheep, the world’s first cloned animal.

Till now, most methods looking for specific chemical signatures on other planets search for plentiful oxygen as a sign of life existing on them.

About 1.7 billion years ago, both continents — and much of the rest of Earth’s landmass — was stuck together in a supercontinent called Nuna.

It was thought only 20-40 individuals of red handfish, named after its ability to use its fins to propel itself along the seafloor, remained in the world.

The night of Jan. 31 will feature not just a super blue blood moon, but also an eclipse, giving astronomers an unusual chance to study the surface of the moon.

It is not known if the musician actually bought any bitcoin as investment, but his known holdings come from the sales of his 2014 studio album “Animal Ambition.”

The country is a big hub for cryptocurrency trading and mining, and the industry is still largely unregulated by the South Korean government. But that is set to change.

A strong earthquake, with a 7.9 magnitude, struck about 280 kilometers southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, at about 4:30 a.m. EST Tuesday morning.

None of the four remaining contenders are in the position to send a rover to the moon before March 31, and Google said Monday it won’t extend the deadline again.

Located in Albay province of the Philippines, the deadly volcano has been spewing out smoke and lava for several days now, and the activity seems to be getting more intense.

The outer portions of the wings are made from a shape memory material which is significantly lighter and less bulky than current hydraulic systems used to fold wingtips.

Prices of all cryptocurrencies fell through last week but recouped some of their losses after the government shutdown Friday.

The natural phenomenon causes glaciers on the ice sheet to move toward the sea, an effect which is compounded by other factors, including human-induced climate change.

The volcano in the Philippines has been showing activity for a number of days, but the threat level was increased from three to four Monday afternoon.

Most current technologies searching for life as we know it, in places beyond Earth, look for indicators of life, but not directly for life itself.

The beneficial effects of Bikram yoga on a person’s health has nothing to do with the temperature of the room the exercises are performed in, a study found.

The increase in the average amount of sleep has come about as a result of people spending lesser time on nighttime leisure activities, like reading and watching TV.

The first ever merger of two neutron stars was observed in August, an event that also sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.

A team of researchers from NASA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied changes in the orbit of Mercury to determine the rate at which solar mass is being lost.

Called the Kilopower project, NASA is currently testing the core of a small nuclear fission reactor with the full test to be completed by late March.

Humans usually self-report a positive correlation between being more social and longevity, but objective observations of marmots have shown otherwise in the case of the squirrels.

Alfred Kelly, CEO of the world’s largest credit card company, told CNBC in an interview it won’t process bitcoin transactions, because he doesn’t consider the cryptocurrency a payment system.

The bank will also open an exchange to trade the cryptocurrency, called MUFG Coin, which will be pegged to the yen.

A star orbiting the black hole was displaying very erratic movement, which led scientists to deduce the presence of the black hole whose gravity was affecting the star.

The mummies of two men, long thought to be brothers — based on inscriptions on their coffins — were discovered over 110 years ago, but their biological relationship was often debated.

Glowing animals are commonplace in the oceans and seas of the world, but very few terrestrial species exhibit any form of visible luminescence.