Think about China today; the country with the most people in the world, who's surface is in the top...

Who isn't paying attention when Al Gore is talking? The impact he has on people from America and all around...

Actually, it's not about the brightest star of all, but the brightest star in our galaxy. It seems there's a...

Archaeopteryx has been the subject of many controversies, but it is now widely considered as the world's oldest bird; however,...

If you have a bug you want to identify and know everything about, there's one place which will solve all...

Whether you want to admit it or now, the world (and most of all America) has a problem with obesity....

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Scientists have believed for years that the moon doesn't have water, only to find that its interior proved them wrong,...

    The city of Seattle is one of the most active cities in the US and in the world...

If you were to be optimistic, where do you think mankind would get most of its energy a century from...

Michio Kaku, a highly regarded physicist and one of the world's leading authorities on string theory (essentially an attempt to...

It's not a bird, it's not a planet, it's not Jupiter... it's super earth. Actually, there's 3 of them. What...

We all know (or really should know) the benefic impact a healthy lifestyle has on your body and mind. But...

The salt and pepper of any religion, mythology or folklore is represented by legendary figures, known to us, mortals, as...

Ever wake up in the morning and just couldn't get out of bed? Did you ever have something to do...

When I read what Ray Kurzweil said about the future, I was just awed! I mean, coming from somebody else,...

For the first time, scientists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods (four legged vertebrates) in Antarctica dating from the Early...

The Caribbean Monk seal (or West Indian seal) has been announced extinct on Friday. This comes as a shock (at...

It's not a science contest or a fair, or anything like that; it's way simpler than that. Here's how it...

Geography Easter Island (Rapa Nui in the native Easter Island language) is situated in the southeastern Pacific Ocean - it's...

If you think girls like sport cars, bling, and fancy clubs... you're so last year! Well that's not really what...

The Phoenix Lander was definitely a marking moment for scientists and researchers, who now have the opportunity of actually seeing...

Seven was considered a magic number by the ancient Greeks. So when it came to naming the most impressive constructions...

For almost a century, scientists have been trying to figure out what's good and what's bad about Einstein's vision of...

  Think about the hottest thing that comes to your mind; probably, 90% of people would answer the Sun. But...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons. What are Rainbows? Rainbows are some of the most spectacular phenomena in nature; they've fascinated and stimulated...

Photo by net_efekt In what is a laudable action, Germany has banned a family of pesticides that are blamed for...

The ball aproaches the field and... touchdown! NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander survived the fiery dive into Mars' atmosphere Sunday to...

    A study conducted by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman...

    If we were to state the obvious, there are 2 sides: creationists and evolutionists. Creationists are mostly religious...

    It's still unclear how sleep deprivation affects us, as there are still so many things scientists have failed...

    British scientists have received the green light to research devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s using human-animal...

Just like when you lie certain things happen in your brain, the same thing happens when you think something about...

Photo by out of rhythm A recent study has shown one of the world's most dangerous viruses, the human immunodeficiency...

  I really hope everybody knows who Einstein is, and many people know why he is famous and how he...

Let's start with the beginning, shall we ? A black hole is a region of space in which the gravitational...

  Photo by ±‡ U a € ï ¥ a H ‡± Life has ups and downs, reminding more or...

Photo by Wolfgang Staudt In the previous post of this waterfall series, I wrote a list of the 5 tallest...

  I've always been fascinated by intelligence as a human trait. Smarter and more intelligent people seem to have this...

Photo by bocavermelha Sometimes, animals are better than humans. Quite a lot of times actually, but that's not the point...

There's something special about the raw power and beauty a waterfall. There's no sight quite like it. These marvelsserve as...

  Or at least this is what a study conducted by scientists from Mcgill suggests. They made the largest study...

    Well this sure sounds like a good plan to me... Scientists found out that Ketamine (also called Special...

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Photo by konaboy Contrary to popular belief, "going green" is not something you can do just when you finish work...

    Well this is a bit of a stretch; the thing is an 87-million-year-old praying mantis was found encased...

Recently, the NASA observatory published some great images of some cities. For a man looking at those cities at night,...

    Our life may be better or worse, our health may be better or worse, but one thing has...

I'm going to continue with this month's mountain theme, as it seemed to be really loved (even more will follow...

  Recently, a team of researchers (with the help of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)...