Researchers have described the mechanism of formation for a key substance that triggers fever. Image: Flickr Occasionally we're hit by...

Artist impression of how the Space Launch System will look like in full throttle when its completed. Image: (NASA/MSFC) Since...

This aerial photograph shows patchmarks whose position suggest there were once laid stones there. Photo: English Heritage Stonehenge is one...

Observations of climate change often report a "missing heat" - a hiatus in the global warming, which went unaccounted for;...

This stunning picture by NASA shows a Cumulonimbus above Africa, and an accurate description of the cloud and how it...

Researchers believe they have found seven dust specs from outside the solar system. This is the first time we have...

Colombian college student Diego Gomez faces jail time after he shared on Scribd a thesis written by another scientist. The...

Researchers performed MRI scans on babies to see how their brains developed from birth to later stages. Their findings reveal...

Scientists have indirectly demonstrated the existence of a hot layer surrounding the Moon's core, through seismic and deformation studies. This...

JAMEY STUTZ, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Chile is one of the most seismically active countries in the world. In 2010, it...

No one has ever studies this before, even though anyone can replicate the experiment in a bathtub. Researchers have developed...

In 1944, the Nazis caused widespread famine in Western Netherlands after they blocked food supplies. A group of pregnant women...

Scientists successfully predicted human happiness using a mathematical equation - you too can use the smartphone app they developed and...

Scientists previously misclassified a golden bat which lives in Bolivia. This new study reemphasizes the importance of museum specimens, which...

Scientists have found a much more efficient way of converting CO2 into methanol, using a catalyst with oxide nanoparticles. The...

Some 40 activists are killed every year in Brazil alone. The government is weak and corrupt, rarely capable of providing...

Air conditioning may make your home cooler, but it's making your city hotter - cities can be even 3 degrees...

When the huge reconstruction work began at the World Trade Center following 2001's tragedy, constructors uncovered something no one was...

One of the oddest behavior biologists have witnessed is Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) - a fatal disease that affects captive...

They don't scientific instruments this classy anymore.

Just a while ago, I told you how researchers translated the chimpanzee gesture language. It was a real breakthrough, since...

Photo: MIT A new painkiller chemical derived from human spit has proven to be up to six times more potent...

Artist’s impression of living Protulophila polyps in a worm tube. Dennis Gordon and Erika MacKay .Talk about a comeback! An...

The Earth contains a lot of iron, but it is not alone in the solar system in that aspect. Venus,...

Photo: The Guardian British researchers at Imperial College London and Cardiff University have provided more insights into the mechanics of consciousness-altering...

A restored, functioning cornea found in a mouse, that used human harvested limbal stem cells. Image:  Kira Lathrop, Bruce Ksander,...

Roland le Fartere (also known as Roland the Farter) was a medieval flatulist who lived in 12th century England. He...

Deforestation records Annual primary forest cover loss, 2000–2012, for Indonesia as a whole and by island group (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Papua,...

A newfound alien planet located "just" 16 light years away from Earth might be able to support life, a new...

Titan is in the spolight again! After astronomers spotted a passing geological feature, now a joint team from NASA and...

Image Credits:NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.LI AND NRAO/VLA Two decades ago, astronomers started to find evidence that almost all galaxies have a supermassive black...

Photo: Ecosphere Tech The PowerCube looks like any other shipping container, but after it unfolds its 'wings' you start realizing...

It's kind of strange that we often think about what countries are doing the most harm to the planet, but...

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck deep beneath the ocean floor near Alaska's Aleutian islands, triggering a small tsunami. The...

An invasive ant has been sweeping through southeastern United States; it has a jaw like a bear trap, which close...

Do you still think that fish don't feel pain? That we shouldn't really care how we catch or treat them?...

We've written about food addiction several times previously - it's correlated with impulsive personality, it shares some similarities with drug...

Infants exposed to more "real" conditions tend to be healthier than those overly protected. A new study has shown that...

A new research has shown that rats exhibit behaviors consistent with regret, a feeling once thought to be unique to...

Every baby has a mother and a father, right? As in one of each. Well, that may change soon, according to...

Photo : "it was 3 a.m."/Flickr We've written quite a lot lately about the potential benefits of marijuana (and there...

The risk of possibly the most dangerous type of cancer out there, melanoma, is greatly increased by exposure to sun...

A brilliant technology reaching its limits Carrying heavier spacecraft to Mars and then safely landing it at supersonic speeds in...

Superhydrophobic surfaces are surfaces that not only don't get wet, but they actually repel water. This is the so-called lotus...

Lyme disease is a stealthy disease, which can be very dangerous, especially if misdiagnosed. It was only recognized officially 40...

What would you need to survive on the Moon? Air, water, some food, and if you ask the average American...

NASA wants the public (read - YOU) to pick the best moon image ever taken by the reconnaisance orbiter. They...

"Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication" Kindle version: MOBI. Other readers: EPUB Fixed layout: PDF. Scientists are becoming more and more...

Astronomers have for the first time discovered a pair of supermassive black holes that orbit each other in an ordinary...

First Lady Michelle Obama has directly addressed the need for girls and women in the United States to begin to...