Just think about it: a minimally invasive brain stimulator that significantly reduces seizure duration for epilepsy patients. Such a device...

During the Neolithic period, man made the big jump from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, eventually moving on to larger...

NASA's Curiosity rover is really getting down to business, sending spectacular pictures back to Earth - including a colour panoramic...

Groundwater use is unsustainable in many of the world's major agricultural zones; as a matter of fact, about a quarter...

Researchers have found evidence that the crater in case was formed when the ground was slammed by a massive meteorite,...

Would you eat shark fin soup? Please, tell me that the answer is 'NO!'. Nearly a third of all shark...

Our family tree may be much more complex than we know - it may have sprouted some long lost branches...

The video captures the thrilling final few minutes of the Curiosity rover’s white-knuckle ride as it descended towards the surface...

Amazing photo: the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took one of the best space pictures of the decade...

Curiosity has landed. The Mars Science Laboratory is set to go, and today, we'll be writing tons of posts about...

Stars suffer, too, you know. Astronomers have recently discovered a distinctive X-ray signal coming from a star on the verge...

The Mars landing isn't an easy feat, even if you're NASA; the car-sized Curiosity roverch is on its way to...

Tokelau is a small island near Samoa, not far from New Zealand; at a first glance, it wouldn't seem significantly...

Leg ulcers are nasty problems - and hard ones to get rid of. Now, according to a team of Canadian...

With the Mars rover Curiosity due to land this weekend, it can be a real drag following NASA's everyday lingo,...

I have to admit this one caught me off-guard: Mount Sharp, the destination for the new Mars Rover is at...

Scientists from the world's largest democracy, and 2nd most populated country in the world, India, announced a most ambitious mission...

It seems we keep finding out more and more interesting facts about dolphins, the fantastic creatures highlighting a not-so-pleasant but...

A novel avian influenza virus has developed the ability to infect aquatic mammals and is responsible for an outbreak of...

Just grin and bear it - we've all heard it at one point or another in our lives, and we've...

Heartened by a glimpse of what may have been the Higgs boson, researchers at the CERN physics lab continue to...

A camera attached to a South American seabird allowed scientists to directly observe its dive-and-feed techniques for the first time....

As we count the days to the expected Curiosty land, let's take a while to understand just what it will...

A recent study of gargantuan proportions estimated that the technical potential of photovoltaic cells and concentrated solar power (CSP) in...

For people of the Northern Hemisphere (North America, Europe, Asia and a healthy chunk of Africa), late July and August...

A colossal sculpture, both in physical and artistic terms, was unearthed by archaeologists at the Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) excavation...

Researchers have discovered what they believe to be a grandfather of snakes, which descended from terrestrial rather than marine ancestors....

Great news for people over 35, die hard rock fans, and not only: according to a researchers in Spain, pop...

A while ago, we started this animal award, giving the first one to the mimic octopus, and the second one...

Hand stencils, red dots and animal figures currently represent the oldest examples yet found so far in cave art in...

A huge asteroid will make a 'cosmic brush' on Earth, closing in on our planet at a distance of only...

I recently told you a few days ago China was planning its first ever space docking, and one of the...

By creating this microbiome catalog, researchers hope to figure out the complex interactions between the countless microbes in our bodies...

Dr. Perry Kendall, one of B.C.'s leading health officials says taking pure ecstasy, without any other substances, is totally safe...

As it turns out, no one single factor was powerful enough to wipe out the woolly mammoth - instead, a...

I was just telling you how China is preparing for its first manned space docking - a truly remarkable feat,...

Hidden for more than 100 years for being too 'graphic', a set of images depicting 'hooligan behaviors, including sexual coercion',...

Remember about the auctioned Tyrannosaurus Bataar, taken out of Mongolia? Even though a court from Texas declared the auction illegal,...

NASA announced a truly unexpected phenomena, observed under the shrinking Arctic ice: a massive algae bloom under the ice. Not...

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...