When it comes to agility, squirrels are in a league of their own. These small animals can leap between branches, stick impossible landings, and move effortlessly through trees. While robots have been ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore leaders marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday (Mar 23) with tributes to his leadership and reflections on his ...

A grey squirrel made headlines when it arrived as a stowaway on a ferry to Guernsey - an island which has neither grey or red squirrels. But why does the Channel Island have no native red ...

SEOUL – K-pop boy band 2PM member Lee Jun-ho will leave his label JYP Entertainment after 17 years, the company said on March 20. The two parties decided not to renew Lee’s contract, which ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Leucism is a genetic condition that makes animals lack pigment for part or all of their bodies. Their skin and hair are typically white, and unlike albinos, their eyes will be normal. Leucism is ...

When Lee Shau-kee’s two sons, Peter Lee Ka-kit and Martin Lee Ka-shing, took over the reins of a multibillion-dollar business empire in 2019, the event was remarkable for being uneventful.

Salto the robot is acting a little squirrelly. The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe ­­­— just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. It’s the first time ...

One of the best upgrades you can make to your home office is the addition of a monitor arm. A good-quality arm not only frees up usable space on your desk’s surface, it enables more ways to move ...

Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a candle to a squirrel, which can parkour through a thicket of branches, leap across perilous ...

His reporting sought to humanize and unite Asian Americans. It also led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row. By Trip Gabriel K.W. Lee, a pioneering Asian American journalist whose ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Giants got good news regarding center fielder Jung Hoo Lee, who could return to action by the end of the week after an MRI exam showed no structural damage in his tight back.