Reuters/University of Melbourne An Adelieledone polymorpha, one of the four new species of octopuses that researchers have discovered in Antarctica that come replete with anti-freeze venom. Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures. They... 

Morgan Freeman is not just about playing God in movies. The Oscar winner’s curiosity in science led to his current project, narrating Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Wednesday, 10/9c, Science Channel), which explores the universe’s greatest questions—like whether God exists. TV... 

Reuters An artist’s rendering image shows an exoplanet 6 times the Earth-size circulating around its low-mass host star. Over the past 200 years, a standard model has emerged to explain how solar systems form. Using our own solar system as a guide, the model explains the existence of a central star... 

The e-border system is running at least a year behind schedule. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/REUTERS The government has ended its £750m contract with a consortium led by Raytheon for a system to electronically check travellers leaving and entering the UK. The Home Office said it had “no...