For a lot of kids, and for some fully grown adults, it’s the ultimate dream: going to space. Until now, that ability has been restricted to mostly astronauts. But that could all change soon. Private companies have toyed with the idea of launching paying customers into orbit for years. Only recently, though, have some of …

Toyota Motor Corp will make more than 10 battery electric car models globally in the early 2020s, with sales starting in China, Reuters reports, citing a statement by the company. Toyota will subsequently sell the models in Japan, India, the United States and Europe, read the statement. Every Toyota model and luxury-brand Lexus model will …

The makers of the crowdfunded space game Star Citizen are being sued for copyright infringement and breach of contract by development studio Crytek. Crytek claims Roberts Space Industries (RSI) and Cloud Imperium Games “have caused substantial harm” to them. Crytek said it would seek damages and an injunction that stopped further use of its CryEngine …

Nasa has found a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System. It’s the largest number of worlds ever discovered in a planetary system outside our own. The star known as Kepler-90, is just a bit hotter and larger than the Sun; astronomers already knew of seven planets …

Scientists have decoded the genome of the Sumatran rhinoceros – one of the most threatened mammals on Earth. Its genetic blueprint shows that populations have been in decline for a very long time, BBC News reports. The rhino’s troubles began during the last Ice Age, when its habitat shrunk, says a US team. Since then, …