Today, cities are home to 55 percent of the world's population. By 2050, the number is expected to reach 68 percent－that is, 2.5 billion more people would be living in cities.

China is a relative late-bloomer when it comes to the world of space exploration.

The popularization of science in China has seen positive developments in the last year, but more policies, money and media support are necessary to improve scientific literacy

For the first time, an object in our solar system has been found more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the sun.

Have you ever imaged drawing on a paperboard, where you can also play piano and games? Now the scenario has become a reality, as a team at Chengdu University of Information Technology invented an interactive device for light and shadows.

Chinese Researcher He Jiankui's claim to have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to modify the CCR5 gene of twin female embryos has been met with shock and outrage across the world of science.

The bio virus in question is a bacteriophage, the inspirationally named M13 bacteriophage. Bacteriophages eat bacteria, and this one uses a filament system of “tiny wires” which is adaptable to a range of uses as a template for computer memory.

Google's parent company, Alphabet, will test its drone delivery service in Finland next year, it has announced.

As electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on U.S. highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies?

Cue the "Indiana Jones" theme tune: there's been another impressive archeological discovery in Egypt -- and this time it's mummies.