Barack Obama came out and said that it should be possible for NASA to send astronauts to Mars and bring...

I had some serious thought on whether to write this or not. It's not a paid post or anything, and...

Two studies put Einstein's theory, the General Theory of Relativity to a test unlike any other before. The two teams...

The discovery of 9 new planets raises some serious questions on the matter of how planets are formed. Two astronomers...

There are so many things we have yet to understand about the animal kingdom it makes you wonder how much...

"It's a great day to be a particle physicist," said CERN director general Rolf Heuer. "A lot of people have...

I don't know about you but I was thrilled to find out Natural Geographic was launching another baby, dedicated to...

James Lovelock is one of the world's most brilliant minds alive at the moment; he developed numerous technologies for NASA,...

The mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus is a species of octopus that grows up to 60 cm (2 feet) in length...

Take a really good look at this picture; you may just be looking at the very thing that will defeat...

The Coma Galaxy, a galaxy directly involved in the so called dark flow Two years ago, researchers reported the strange...

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is already in its 7th year on Mars, and over the years it provided some...

According to a research conducted by researchers from the Cornell University the portions and the plates depicted in more than...

"This is a normal, temperate exoplanet just like dozens we already know, but this is the first whose properties we...

At nearly 200 meters below the ice, there is no light, the temperature is way below 0 degrees, and scientists...

Just like any muscle in your body, if not used, the brain starts to degrade as time passes; this has...

Parts of the car's bodywork could double up as it's batter in a not so far away future; at least...

There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some...

A recent study published by Berkeley UC concluded that an hour nap boosts the brain's learning capacity and restores power,...

Caño Cristales is a river located in Northern Columbia, with a length of almost 100 km and a width of...

Scarlett Johansson. Not related in anyway to the study... but a fine example. Well we all know the effect a...

Whether intelligent life exists in our universe is a long debated problem. But for some scientists, there's something even more...

Well I have to say, I'm really thrilled about the Winter Olympics that have just started, and even though they...

Nobody wants to grow old, but at least at this point in our evolution, it's unavoidable. Growing old however, is...

For years and years (good) doctors have warned about the dangers of taking antibiotics too lightly, which generally causes 'bugs'...

Pluto is so upset that it's no longer a planet, that it's turning all red with anger ! No, seriously....

Mark Benfield from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge was undertaking a survey when he spotted this amazing oarfish at about...

Boy I've gotta tell you, my jaw really dropped when I heard this one. There are actual lakes, on the...

Yes ladies and gents, giant squids are all over the California beaches. Each of the squids weighs about 40 pounds,...

The sun begins to ooze off outside of Birmingham, England. It's tea time. A woman stands alone in her house,...

The G-Spot debate is probably never gonna end; and who can carry it out better than the English and the...

Yesterday, Bill Gates officially announced he will donate 10 billlion dollars for a 10 year effort to boost vaccination against...

Just a short while ago, I was telling you about the extremely worrying decline of the Siberian tigers (and not...

Well you've probably all seen the Myth Busters. I've watched some episodes and loved most of them, so I'm hoping...

Whether you're a fan of Apple or really hate them, you have to admit there's been a lot of fuss...

At a first glance, this doesn't seem like much. Just an animal rescued. But if you look more carefully, I...

They've known each other basically all their lives, but the early days weren't happy at all. Found during a police...

Her name is Severn Suzuki, and here you have one of perhaps the most impressive speeches of all time, delivered...

A new research published in Nature Physics showed that there may be oceans of diamonds (literally) on both Uranus and...

I was surprised to talk to a bunch of people today and find out they didn't know about this, so...

There are weird lawsuits you can understand, and then there are just weird lawsuits. If you find this sort of...

The Planet Researchers have long been interested in finding other planets that have approximately the same size as our mother...

As you probably know, a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, basically destroying the country. The situation there was extremely bad even...

Well despite what many people might think, Hollywood isn't and never was the center of the world (hopefully, it won't...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) published some quite awesome pictures showing that Antarctica isn't the lifeless frozen wasteland most people...

Where do birds go in the winter? That's a question many of us asked, as kids. Well puffins are currently...

Image by Lilolebob. Every year, around this time of year, more than 100 million determined crabs take to the streets...

There are less than 100 pumas left in Florida's wilds, and 17 were killed in collisions with cars, which is...

Mankind is screwing up. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. Not taking care of our natural resources, polluting...

I was writing a while ago that major biofuel production is not really that far away and the good news...