Google is expanding the availability of reCAPTCHA, and the verification technology will now be able to, for the first time, protect payments. Jess Leroy, Google senior director of product management,

Japanese company Ispace just attempted to become the first private company to have a successful lunar landing. After losing contact with the lander during the landing process, the fate of the mission

The floor of the ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has sprung a leak. The spring, known as Pythia’s Oasis, is likely venting water from beneath local tectonic plates through a fault called

The new portable device traps humid air as small, man-made thunderclouds. Researchers compared the tech to both 'lightning' in bottle and the replicator from Star Trek (inset)

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news over the past few days, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Scholars show how multiple planet movements tie into the 819-day Mayan calendar. The 819 days of the calendar must be viewed across a 45-year time period to fully understand. The movements of all

The Pythagorean Theorem (a 2 + b 2 = c 2) is fundamental to mathematics, especially to the field of trigonometry. Some mathematicians have stated that proving the theorem using trigonometry is

Plant scientists are increasingly concerned about how plants will fare as climates change across the planet — and what role plants themselves can take in addressing one of the world's most pressing