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...

When the administration gives you budget cut lemons, make a different scientific lemonade - that's pretty much what NASA is...

Of all the skills that athletes and sportsmen possess, the most underappreciated ability is a sportsman's mental acuity. While sports...

When Voyager 2 made its flyby near the planet of Uranus, astronomers got their first direct glimpse of what an...

I don't know if you're thinking it, but I definitely am: lizardmen! I'm scared of lizardmen just like the next...

An 8.6-magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershocks struck the coast of Indonesia today, resurrecting fears of a big tsunami like the...

If you're not a dedicated Christian or loved reading about mythology, then you probably don't even know what the shroud...

Our solar system is special for two reasons: the first one, obviously - is us. Our solar system is the...

She was a sacrifice, so you can look at it this way: the Inca chose her to go and live...

It just saddens me to find out about things like this: in Colombia, a ten year old girl has given...

The atmosphere is getting more and more packed with tension between the two Koreas, as satellite images revealed North Korea...

It's been pretty quiet lately at the LHC, despite the fact that things seemed to be getting pretty hot, as...

After James Cameron, the director of movies such as Titanic and Avatar, became the first man to perform a solo...

Autism is truly one of the medical conditions we have extremely much to learn about - the only way it...

Solar tornadoes several times bigger than the Earth are generated in the solar atmosphere, researchers claim, after such a tornado...

I love chocolate, and to be frank, I don't really care if it goes directly to my hips or not,...

A simple, non-expensive drug can shrink or cure many types of human cancer, including breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver,...

The scalloped hammerhead shark which we've probably all seen has a twin - and this discovery led to the conclusion...

The Moon has fascinated researchers and poets alike since ancient times, but while the latter all agree on its beauty,...

The small yet pleasant city of Bugarach in southwest France is flooded with tourists, but the thing is most of...