The “Great Silk Way” is being revived. In autumn, Kazakhstan will witness the commission of almost 400 kilometres of the “Western Europe-Western China” International Transport Corridor, reports Kazakhstan’s Khabar news agency. This segment runs through …

The joy of being able to lift off from the midst of a Bank Holiday traffic jam and then to just zip to your destination by air has for almost a century been one …

In the initial stages of sleep, energy levels increase dramatically in brain regions found to be active during waking hours, according to new research in the June 30 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. These …

As computer networks become more complex and pervasive, and their development is in a state of constant flux, leaving their design and management to human intervention is becoming increasingly unfeasible. An EU-funded project has come …

Just as bacteria and fungi are methodically breaking down the millions of gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, microbes might help us with another uncontrolled emission due to human activity—carbon dioxide. …

It seems almost too good to be true: new wheat and rice varieties that are better suited to marginal land, that offer the hope of improving food security as well as the environment. …

This report describes the outcomes from a CSIRO global foresight project. It presents five megatrends and eight megashocks (global risks) that will redefine how the world’s people live. … Read more

Australia is rich in many resources, but poor in one critical resource: water. The world’s driest continent outside Antarctica, Australia has spent the first decade of the 21st Century coming to grips with the realisation …

Dreams of slowing global warming by storing carbon emissions from power plants could be undermined by the risk of leakage, according to a study. Rich countries have earmarked tens of billions of dollars of investment …

It’s tempting to wonder which way China will go. Will it side with demands for higher pay and let strikes broaden? Might it clamp down on this budding Solidarity-style movement to protect the all-important export …

Researchers have added nanoechnology to an off-the-shelf digital camera to help doctors distinguish healthy cells from cancerous cells in the human body. Rice University scientists said that doctors can use the souped-up camera to …

The sunshine beaming down on the Fisker Karma on Thursday did more than accent the high-end hybrid’s sleek, coupe-like body: It charged the car through its continuously formed solar-panel roof. … Read more

In his latest book, The Great Reset, Richard Florida sets his foot into economics, calling the current financial woes the necessary adjustments that will eventually give rise to new epochs of inventiveness, ingenuity, economic growth, …

Europe could face a severe shortage of raw materials needed for emerging technologies such as thin-film solar photovoltaic cells and lithium-ion batteries, according to the European Commission. … Read more

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are encouraging U.S. policymakers to consider the nation’s growing supply of natural gas as a short-term substitute for aging coal-fired power plants. … Read more

According to a new study of large companies using telepresence technology, U.S. and U.K. businesses that substitute some business travel with telepresence can cut CO2 emissions by nearly 5.5 million metric tons in total — …

Deep in the Sahara desert are honeybees that have remained isolated from all other bees for at least 5,000 years. The bees arrived at Kufra in Libya when the Sahara was still a green savannah, …

Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth’s oceans have built up stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals, according to American scientists who say the findings spell danger not only …

Lithium is not much to look at. It’s a soft and light, silver-white metal known for its use in mood stabilising drugs. But the 25th most abundant element on earth could, one day, help cure …

Nicholas Carr wants us to know what we’re losing in exchange for our dynamic, interconnected, Internet-fueled world. The Shallows is a rebuttal to those who unquestioningly accept a life in which information is unlimited, easily …

After spending tens of thousands of dollars on higher education, often taking on huge debts along the way, many face a job market that doesn’t seem to need them. Not only is the American economy …

Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth’s oceans have built up stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals, according to American scientists who say the findings spell danger not only …

The genetic diversity of Africa’s indigenous livestock needs to be tapped before it is lost forever, researchers have warned. … Read more

Personalised health care based on individual DNA coding will be an affordable reality within a decade, the scientist who led the Human Genome Project has predicted. … Read more

A floating expanse of green algae floating off China’s eastern seaboard is growing and spreading further along the coast, state-run media has reported. … Read more