While children born very premature often develop behavioral and social problems in their teen years, these children report a normal quality of life in early adulthood, according to findings from an ongoing study.

Human studies have shown that brain-machine interfaces could allow paralyzed people to operate complex devices by thought alone.

American biochemists want to power airplanes with soya oil to help reduce consumption of petroleum fuels that are driving global warming.

The largest ocean wave recorded yet — a mammoth 170m in height — has been documented off the tiny, low-lying Western Pacific nation of Palau by two scientists studying seawater temperatures.

A chainsaw-wielding robotic submarine is roving beneath Lois Lake in British Columbia, Canada. But it is not a prop left over from a sci-fi movie.