After the successful docking of the first private space shuttle, China announced it is preparing its next step in the...

Remember the late Mesozoic? Dinosaurs ruled the planet, there was no ice at the poles, plants were huge, and so...

Yesterday marked the 40th Global Environment day, and this year's theme was 'Green economy' - a sector in which, by...

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed centuries-old skeletons treated for vampirism: pinned through their chests with iron rods, a practice thought to...

I recently came across this delicious post, written when NASA celebrated 50 years of age, in 2008; it has some...

The Governor of the Honolulu county signed the law passed by the local council, banning plastic bags altogether - thus...

The big money out there is invested in climate change denial, as major oil companies fight to eliminate climate protection...

While a definite cure for cancer is still miles away, researchers and doctors are using more and more tactics to...

Typically, in the tundras, tree growth is hindered by very low temperatures, and usually, in the tundra, vegetation comprises of...

Effective quantum computers are still far away, but researchers are already showing more and more advantages these devices would bring...

As you may or may not know, on the 5th of June, we will be able to witness a once...

A stash of 300 year-old jewelry was unearthed by archaeologists near the biblical, ancient city of Megiddo, where the New...

Some 250 million years ago, life on Earth passed through its toughest time so far, as 96% of all marine...

A male birth control might not be so far away as most people thought - especially as Scottish scientists have...

A new study conducted by NASA indicates that large molecules containing carbon came to Earth from Mars - molecules which...

As promised, we'll be keeping you posted with what the Dragon capsule is doing, on its remarkable way to the...

Analysis of crystal formed in the molten rocks of a volcano might predict volcanic eruptions with as much as a...

Remember the Heartland Institute advertising campaign? The one climate scientists to criminals and terrorist? If you don't let's just refresh...

Well the title may be a little over the top, but Loyola University psychologist concluded that people with a taste...

You too can get a genetic test kit for your samples! A new university-based project seeks to investigate cryptic species,...

Another breakthrough in biology and medicine was reported, as scientists were able, for the first time, to take skin cells...

As we already told you, after the first launch attempt was stopped with just one second to go, SpaceX finally...

Photo by Masaru Kamikura. If you live anywhere in the area between Texas and Hong Kong, than you could have...

I've recently been bombarded with e-mails regarding a recent study which seemed to conclude that coffee consumption can be linked...

I've studied geology for four years - and I still haven't had the chance to see a T-Rex skeleton; this...

It doesn't only happen in the movies: the launch of the SpaceX Falcon rocket, destined to hit the International Space...

If an asteroid hits earth it could very well be the end of days. We will not have Bruce Willis...

Researchers from New Zealand working in remote Cambodian mountains are shedding new light on the lost history of an enigmatic...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed yet another surprising fact about our red neighbor: movement in sand dunes occurs on...

The first study of this kind concluded that the very early musical training of children, even before they can walk,...

You may call them 'healers', you may call them 'quacks', but a scientific study conducted in Spain has shown many...

Plants are flowering much, much faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, United States research shows, which could...

Energy and sports drink do give you a quick rush when you might feel like nothing else can do the...

So much for reasoned debate and scientific discussions: a controversial group bent on discrediting climate science revealed several billboards that...

As I was telling you in a post just a few days ago, there's a supermoon on the rise, and...

An astrobiology mission to three of Jupiter's moons topped two rival astrophysics proposals to win European Space Agency (ESA) funding...

Several studies performed in the last decade have shown Mars used to be warmer and wetter, but scientists still haven't...

I recently came across a piece of paper which described how the city of Seattle will (probably) look like in...

Supermoon comes on the 5th of May; why is it a 'super' Moon? Well, because the period when the Moon...

After two decades of careful breeding and examining, scientists have declared a microscopic algae-eater to be one of the world's...

Large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate, a research conducted in the US claims, casting...

A new source of methane, a gas which is many times more destructive for the environment than CO2 has been...

In another sci-fi accomplishment, Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using only thought...

There's gold in the asteroids - and there's also platinum, cobalt, iridium, and many, many other precious or industrial metals;...

In a knitted spacesuit and a tight fitting helmet, Camilla, the rubber chicken bravely flew towards the edge of the...

As temperature continues to increase, and the prognosis seems dire for the next decades, researchers worry about the unexpected side...

The mystery of how the most powerful cosmic rays in the Universe are created deepens, as new clues showed that...

In the past 3 months, over 3000 dead dolphins have been washed ashore on the coasts of Peru, and this...

I don't smoke - and I'm grateful for that every day. But 2 billion people do smoke, and face the...

Mexico, one of the biggest countries in the world, has followed suit with neighboring California and wants to adopt the...