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USA

Pluto could harbour 'slushy underground ocean'

A frozen area of Pluto, known as the ‘heart’ may harbour a slushy ocean between 150 and 200 km beneath its surface, NASA scientists say.

16/11/2016

Sci-Tech

Creating solar energy from trash

Electricity and hot water are a given in many parts of the world, but in the marginalised town of Garin, north of the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, there used to be…

15/11/2016

Sci-Tech

Fossil is "pickled" dinosaur brain say scientists

A small brown pebble found on a Sussex beach could be the first fossilised dinosaur brain tissue ever discovered according to UK scientists.

07/11/2016

Sci-Tech

Piecing together the gender jigsaw of autism

Scientists in the US are seeking to enroll hundreds of families with autistic sons but unaffected daughters in a study looking for genetic clues and protective…

31/10/2016

Sci-Tech

Brazil opens the first elephant sanctuary in Latin America

Maia and Guida are the first guests at the elephant sanctuary

28/10/2016

Sci-Tech

Hugh Herr moving mountains to end disability

Hugh Herr ''a future world without disability''

26/10/2016

Slovenia

Saving the whale - IWC meets in Slovenia

Dispute between Australia and Japan is likely to feature near the top of the agenda at the organisation's biennial congress

24/10/2016

World News

Clear night sky? Look out for the Orionids meteors tonight

This month Earth crosses the orbital path of comet trails promising dazzling night displays of shooting stars in the northern hemisphere – that is if you can get far away from city lights and in near

20/10/2016

Sci-Tech

Paris Motor Show: the future of driving

The future of driving is just round the corner if the Paris Motor Show is anything to go by.

06/10/2016

World News

How the world's smallest machines won the Nobel Prize for chemistry

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world's smallest machines.

05/10/2016

Mexico

Mexico launches "Mexicable" a cable car service with a difference

Mexico has launched its first cable car service as part of a wider public transport system.

05/10/2016

Germany

Euronews asks the experts what they think of Rosetta

A bittersweet day for the ESA as they celebrate the success of their comet mission after working together on the project for more than 30 years.

30/09/2016

Germany

Rosetta crash-lands on her comet

Scientists at the ESA control centre in Germany clapped and hugged after screens showed the loss of signal after the final, historic touchdown.

30/09/2016

Italy

Woman of 61 becomes a mother for the first time

An Italian woman has given birth to a healthy baby boy at the age of 61.

20/09/2016

World News

And also... War-torn Syria in tourism drive; Koala survives train smash; Greenland fossil discovery

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international headlines Barack Obama creates the world’s lar

02/09/2016

France

Solar eclipse watchers celebrate Reunion 'ring of fire'

A solar eclipse delighted astronomy fans on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean on Thursday (September 1), drawing sky watchers outside to watch the moon pass before the sun to make a so-called “ring o

02/09/2016

USA

Is anyone out there? Mysterious radio signal sparks alien speculation

A mysterious radio signal picked up by a Russian telescope was probably not sent by aliens but astronomers in California are checking it out, anyway.

31/08/2016

Sci-Tech

Italian team brings household robot a step closer

Italy’s IIT, (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), in Genoa has a new humanoid member of staff.

25/08/2016

United Kingdom

World's largest aircraft takes off

It is thought to be the world’s largest aircraft.

18/08/2016

Next Series

Polar research warms up

In this edition of Futuris we travel to northern Sweden, some 150km inside the Arctic Circle where winter temperatures can fall to -45ºc.

12/08/2016