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Could a man-made mountain increase rainfall in the United Arab Emirates?The United Arab Emirates are considering building a man-made mountain. Experts believe the mountain could help promote rainfall.
In a changing climate, it's survival of the oldest, say scientistsOlder species have survived for millions of years for a reason, say a team of Swiss scientists. These same factors that help them avoid extinction thus far will prove useful during future climate change.
Google and Fiat Chrysler join forces on self-driving automobilesGoogle and Fiat Chrysler will launch self-driving vehicles in four US cities before the end of the year, they announced Tuesday.
First LookIBM wants to bring quantum computing to the massesThe computing company announced public access via its cloud service to an early quantum computer model, allowing people to use and better understand the developing technology.
How did a lake in Venezuela become the world’s lightning capital?Data collected over 16 years showed that Lake Maracaibo in northwest Venezuela is the thunderstorm capital of the world, with rumbling light shows to prove it.
First Look$3 million Breakthrough Prize goes to gravitational wave researchersThe three founders of LIGO will divide the $1 million, and the remaining $2 million will be equally divided among more than 1,000 researchers and engineers on the team.
First LookMercury will take rare trip across the sun: How to catch the celestial eventMercury will be making its first visible solar transit in a decade on Monday, offering skywatchers in much of the globe a rare treat on Monday.
Mars 2020: How NASA will search for life on a shoestring budgetThe Sierra Nevada Corporation will build parts for the next Mars rover, recycling their successful designs from Curiosity.
Game of bones? Ancient genes uncover prehistoric European drama.Researchers gathered genetic data from 51 early modern humans and found evidence of population turnover and waves of migration during European prehistory, driven by advancing and retreating glaciers.
How Captain Cook's ship, HMS Endeavor, was found off Rhode IslandHMS Endeavor: The ship that carried Capt. James Cook to Australia may have been found the coast of Rhode Island.
99.999 percent of microbe species remain undiscovered, say researchers.Microbes make up the vast majority of species on Earth, but when it comes to identifying them, humans seems clueless.
Could these three Earth-like exoplanets be capable of sustaining life?A set of three newly discovered, Earth-sized exoplanets are only 40 light years away, and are ideal candidates for the discovery of life outside our solar system, astronomers say.
Florida's sawfish makes a rare video cameo. Can it be saved?The Florida sawfish certainly isn't cuddly, but marine biologists say the creature is fascinating and charismatic. A recent catch in Florida has people taking notice.
First LookWill European rover ever get to Mars?ExoMars, a joint program of European and Russian space agencies, was supposed to send the first European rover to Mars in 2018. Now technical problems have forced the agencies to delay that mission.
Bubbling, boiling water may have carved into mysterious Martian slopesWater may be boiling on Mars, say scientists. But it's not evidence that someone is having a tea party on the Red Planet.
First Look'My goal is to ride the clouds,' says French hoverboard record-breakerJet ski champion Franky Zapata traveled more than a mile standing atop a turbo-jet-powered hoverboard. What's next for the fearless flyer?
How will rising temperatures affect the world's workers?A new UN report suggests that, as global surface temperatures continue to rise, outdoor workers will face greater challenges.
Are we the only intelligent life in cosmos? Probably not, say astronomers.Alien life: A new paper shows that the discoveries of exoplanets, plus a revised Drake's equation, produces a new, empirically valid probability of whether any other advanced civilizations have ever existed.
How to train your robots: Elon Musk's new AI gymOpenAI, a research non-profit backed by inventor Elon Musk, is building an open-source gym for computer programmers working on artificial intelligence.
This newly-found 'Manx comet' is missing its tail. Why?Tail-free comet: A piece of the early inner solar system – maybe even early Earth – was flung out to the Oort Cloud and has only now found its way back, say scientists.
