Yes, you're seeing just fine - this reservoir is filled with millions of black balls; and it's not all part...

Brazil was facing a difficult decision, but the Brazilian court ruled in favor of building one of the world's largest...

The Moon still holds numerous unanswered questions, and among these, perhaps the most interesting is the one regarding its lost...

The drama continues for the Russian Grunt mission, which had the purpose of going to Phobos and extracting samples. The...

Just a couple of days ago I was telling you about an ambitious and successful initiative to relocate black rhinos,...

The Vatican have entered an unusual partnership with a relatively small U.S. biotech company (NeoStem) to promote using adult stem...

Just yesterday I was telling you about an extremely ambitious and admirable mission planned by the Russian, which has the...

The privately built SpaceX shuttle is only a few weeks away from its first space flight towards the International Space...

Seriously, just stare at this picture for some 10-20 seconds - blinking is ok; you'll see it vanish, bit by...

In these past few decades, the US space program seemed to have significantly overcome the Russian one, with all sort...

The black and white spotted horses found on cave paintings existed during the last ice age, some 25.000 years ago,...

In a bold and unconventional move, a critically endangered black rhino has been carried via helicopter over dangerous and rugged...

The RRS James Cook, an UK research vessel, will spend six weeks studying the deep sea mountains of the Indian...

Amid all the talk about Asia's economic growth and their stable financial future, two major problem arise to cloud their...

According to NASA, a large asteroid called 2005 YU55 is expected to pass at some 201,700 miles of Earth on...

There is still a good chance we might find life on Mars, but if we really want to do this,...

A fresh look at some already known fossilized remains revealed quite a surprise: they turned out to be the earliest...

If the Americans and NASA are having some issues regarding their space program at the moment, the Russians are doing...

As it turns out, zombies are not really only science fiction. Just a while ago I was telling you about...

Right now, you're probably asking 'how does an earthquake look like in 3D ? What does that even mean?'; well,...

In the aftermath of September's highly controversial announcement, that a particle with a speed larger than that of the light...

In a landmark decision that will mark the future of commercial space flight, Boeing announced an agreement with Space Florida...

Black holes are perhaps the most fascinating and staggering objects in the known Universe, and we are just now beginning...

There's recently been a lot of fuss regarding the world population reaching the 7.000.000.000 mark; now, the truth is we've...

The sonic hedgehog gene got its name after researchers did some testing on fruit flies embryos, and found that the...

A new report claims that the US satellites were compromised at least four times in 2007 and 2008, possibly at...

Eris is a dwarf planet, observed in 2005 for the first time, whose discovery led to Pluto losing its planet...

A team of Swedish scientists paired with a USC researcher to crack the Copiale Cipher, thus revealing secret rituals and...

A new massive research from SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org has documented significant geothermal resources across...

But only the stomach! Just so we're clear from square one. Also, so far, this has only been confirmed on...

We all know coal energy is bad, but at least if you ask me, I would say that it's used...

The little carnivorous animal has suffered one of the steepest population declines ever to be documented. In just 15 years,...

Scientists who observed an underwater eruption in 2009 concluded they observed a tear in the planetary crust that mimicks the...

Deep in the Mariana Trench, about seven miles below the surface, researchers found huge single celled amoebas, making them not...

Portability is one of the best things brought by technology, but sometimes it just seems a little over the top,...

Another powerful seismic event has taken place, this time in Turkey; the 7.2 earthquake in case struck eastern Turkey on...

The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature team has concluded its study, which had the objective of analyzing global temperatures ever since...

Using a pair of satellites that monitor the Earth, NASA recorded over 10.000.000 fires throughout the planet; they then took...

Another game of solar system monopoly is being played at the moment, and so far, the United States are losing...

Water is everywhere on Earth - that's easy to see for anybody. But why and how it got here, that's...

The Sword of Goujian is a masterpiece of craftsmanship.

Scientists at London's Imperial College have successfully managed to create biological logic gates, indispensible for the production of electronical devices,...

A recent study conducted by researchers from Zurich found that a 'super entity' of 147 companies controls 40% of the...

An astronomer working at the University of Hawaii captured the first ever pictures of a planet forming around a star....

Let's face it: great sex is great sex; but can it be so good that it blows your mind, literally?...

Archaeologists have uncovered fully intact Viking boat burial site in the United Kingdom, in the west Highlands. Artefacts buried along...

Another meteor shower draws nearer, as scientists expect it to peak this Friday and Saturday - just before dawn on...

If you ask me, the Greeks are by far the most remarkable ancient people, laying the base for science, philosophy...

During these past months, I've been receiving some questions regarding the whole doomsday-Elenin comet matter. In case you're unfamiliar with...

NASA's troubles are other companies good luck charm: Virgin has just struck a deal with NASA worth up to $4.5...