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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but if there's a consistent entry in any list of the world's most beautiful cars, it is the "teardrop" built by Parisian coachbuilder Figoni and Falaschi​. On May 27 a spectacular example is going to auction in Italy.

Google's AlphaGo AI system has, once again, beaten the very best humanity has to offer. In the first of three Go matches to be played during the Future of Go Summit in China this week, the AI beat the world's current top-ranking Go player, 19-year-old Ke Jie, by the narrowest possible margin.

After a year-long investigation, researchers have revealed the code used by Volkswagen to cheat diesel emissions tests. The announcement coincides with preliminary investigations by the Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office​ into alleged "fraud and criminal advertising" in diesel cars at Mercedes.

​While there are already several underwater drones that allow you peek beneath the surface of your local waterways, they're pretty much all propeller-driven, and are controlled via a physical tether that reaches to the surface. BIKI, however, is a bit different.

It's always interesting to see how well fanciful renders translate into an actual project and the MVRDV-designed Seoullo 7017 Skygarden is no exception. Following the concept's unveiling a couple of years ago, the highway-turned-walkway/park has now opened to the public.

Microsoft has finally released a refreshed version of the well-received Surface Pro (successor to the Surface Pro 4). Here's how the specs and features of the Surface Pro 2-in-1 laptop/tablet compare to those of the latest MacBook Pro.

DARPA's ambitious launch-a-day spaceplane is a step closer to lift off after Boeing announced that it's been assigned the contract to work with the agency to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.

​In March of this year, researchers showed that a probiotic found in yogurt was able to reverse symptoms of anxiety and depression in mice. Now, in a small study involving 44 adults, investigators at McMaster University in Canada have shown a different probiotic can have the same effect in humans.

​Although nobody likes getting a pat-down when going through airport security, the people administering those inspections probably aren't wild about it, either. With this in mind, an electronic pat-down-training mannequin is now being developed.

Some people prefer to buy prebuilt expedition trucks or camper vans, but others like to build their own or just camp out of a simple, everyday vehicle. Trail Kitchens makes it easier for the DIYers, packing a functional kitchen into a metal box smaller than a cooler.

The blue whale may be the largest animal ever, but new research has found it only claimed the title relatively recently. By comparing the bones of modern whales to fossils, a team of scientists has traced the growth spurt to about 4.5 million years ago, when climate change increased the food supply.

After a seven-month investigation, ESA has released the results of its inquiry into the crash of its unmanned Schiaparelli lander on Mars last October. Telemetry data and orbital images show that the accident was due to a violent rotation of the module that fooled the onboard computer.