Robot dog can climb stairs, navigate a forest and bound over logs thanks to new, rapid AI training technique
Researchers used reinforcement learning to train a quadrupedal robot to adapt to different environments using two differ...
Orange-lipped monkey that roars and snorts deep in Congo rainforest is new species to science
A striking new monkey species, Colobus congoensis, was discovered deep in the Congo rainforest and has been scientifical...
'Smaller than the tiniest scale in nature': Physicists made a black hole out of light and used it to test Stephen Hawking's elusive radiation theory
Scientists made a breakthrough discovery about the physics of Hawking radiation by making a miniature black hole out of ...
Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins
"Our work shows that sugars can form naturally in space."
Train 'encased in flames' in Canada wildfire
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Dramatic vi...
We tested Canon’s $10,000 wildlife zoom — can it replace a prime lens?
We spent a week with the Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM lens to find out if it’s really worth the eye-watering price t...
The 10 best places in the UK to see the partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12
August 12 will see the deepest partial solar eclipse in the U.K. for many decades, hours before the peak of the annual P...
Traffic Deaths Spike After Deadly Mass Shootings, Study Suggests
Some gun violence experts are skeptical. But the research raises questions of whether there’s a cause-and-effect relatio...
Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus
The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a chara...
Two capybara pups born at Longleat
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Glaciers spotted flowing across the Himalayas from space | Space photo of the day for July 15, 2026
Glacial ice carves its way downhill.
Pictures released of baby vicuna born at wildlife park
Image source, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)Image caption, The month-old female has been named XocoPublishe...