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...

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...