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Our modern domesticated chicken is remarkably passive, can lay many eggs quickly, and has little fear of humans. But these traits were not always common, and a team of scientists recently managed to pinpoint the time when chickens went through their major evolutionary shift.​

The European Southern Observatory has released an enormous 43,223 x 38,236 pixel view of one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors – the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Due to its proximity to Earth, the SMC is a prime target for studies aimed at improving our understanding of alien galaxies.

​Microsoft announced classroom-centric software and hardware at its education event today. The stars of the show? The Windows 10 S operating system and the all-new Surface Laptop.

​​Scientists have recently confirmed that a unique species of monitor lizard, initially described in the early 19th century, is still alive and well on the island of New Ireland. It is said to be "the only large-growing animal endemic to the island that has survived until modern times."​

Canada's Rewild Homes recently completed this tidy tiny house on wheels that has a very livable looking layout suitable for one or two people. For those looking for maximum freedom, the Blue Heron is also off-grid ready and packs a solar system, batteries, and composting toilet.

Hanging art sounds like one of the easiest home projects around, but in reality, things can get pretty complex – especially if you're hanging multiple pieces. Now, Absolut Art has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a device that will make the project as simple as pouring yourself a vodka tonic.

For 35 years American alligators have been tracked in a sanctuary in South Carolina, and a study about the findings has just been released. The results? We might have to rethink gator size and sex.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spacecraft took to the skies over the Mojave desert in an unpowered flight test of the ship's feather re-entry system. The glide test is the fourth independent flight of the craft designed to carry paying passengers on brief excursions to the edge of space.

A team of University of Arizona researchers led by Kate Su have used NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flying observatory to take a closer look at a system 10.5 light years away and discovered it has a familiar general structure.

Consumer-grade 3D scanners tend to only handle small items, or scan with a low resolution. Now Fraunhofer has unveiled its new 3D scanner that uses infrared rays to capture objects and people in more detail, snapping up to 36 three-dimensional images per second.

One of the most instantly recognisable​ hot-rods of all time is to be auctioned by RM-Sothebys in Santa Monica on June 25. Though the design is located somewhere near the intersection of art and automobiles, it is likely to be shunned by both camps on the auction block.

Scientists at the Salk Institute found that when they fed sedentary mice a certain chemical compound, they could run seventy percent longer. If a similar treatment works in humans, it could open doors for fitness training.