Dogs associate the word "ball" with its size and texture, than its shape. which your pet seems to actually understand...

Of the hundreds of exoplanets discovered thus far, many of them are classed as super-Earths, planets with a mass up...

There's an age long question that even some of history's greatest free thinkers, philosophers and theologists haven't been able to...

Previous research has shown that babies still in their mothers' wombs regularly stretch, swallow and even hiccup. Recent observations have...

Artist impression of Archaeopteryx lithographica by Carl Buell Today's birds' ancestors descended from non-avian dinosaurs according to a recent paper...

Emperor penguins huddling. There's a rather common image that might pop inside someone's head when thinking of penguins - an...

NASA officials are flooded with media requests from journalists recently looking to find out exactly what all the fuss is...

In an age where the developing world is shadowed by paranoia in face of waves of terrorist attacks, no measure...

Galaxy clusters Abell 399 (lower centre) and Abell 401 (top left). The galaxy pair is located about a billion light-years...

The solar steam device developed at Rice University has an overall energy efficiency of 24 percent, far surpassing that of...

There's an age old myth that as the moon lights bright and fills the night sky, some people simply stop...

In a remarkable medical feat, physicians at Cambridge University have restored movement in the hind legs of 23 dogs after...

While the owl is commonly associated with wisdom, make no mistake  - it's a vicious predator of the night. It's...

The inset at left shows a close-up of the young dwarf galaxy. This image is a composite taken with Hubble's...

First initiated in 2008 by IBM, the Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) program whose final goal is that...

Popular scientific consensus says that DNA code is identical in every cell of our bodies. A new study from Yale...

Mount Ruapehu is the highest mountain on the North Island. For his fantastic Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter...

Scientists at University of Texas Dallas have made artificial muscles capable of supporting 100,000 times their own weight and generate...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used a mechanism on its robotic arm to dig up five scoopfuls of material from a...

As of 2010 wind power amounted to 2.5% of the world's energy production with an estimated 25% increase in quota...

Researchers at MIT have created a new metamaterial that they used to fashion a concave lens capable of focusing radio...

Paleontologists have come across the oldest fossils identified as a relative of the giant panda in Spain, dated from 12...

Data storage has reached great heights in the past two decades. You can now fit in a typical PC hard-drive...

If you ever wondered why you have to pay for broadband on your smartphone or tablet know that it too,...

The reason why we don't trade with gold, diamonds or cheese is because these do no offer the exact interchangeable value. Money...

The Hydra is a tiny animal that can be found in just about any freshwater pond, just a few millimeters...

Modern sight correction medical procedures often involve surgery where an artificial lens is implanted. The patient's sight is significantly improved,...

Foxconn Taiwan is the world's largest manufacturer of electronic components, most famous for being responsible for Apple's iPad and iPhone...

As one of the largest countries in the world, Brazil is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in...

Mucous cells on the stomach lining Bacteria biofilms, when formed, pose a significant health risk in industrial applications, like food...

(c) Yi-Hsuan Tseng et al./Nanotechnolog Previously, scientists have managed to devise material that can convert light into electricity, and other...

(c) NASA Scientists with the  Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) have used a novel technique to peer through the nature of...

Any mammal, including humans, suffering from an injury to the central nervous system will lead to a life-long loss of...

A recent research from Ohio State University found a link between gifted children's special abilities and autism, a developmental disability characterized...

An incredible shot surprising a Taurid fireball in 2008. (c) Jeffrey Berkes Right after midnight, the Taurid meteor shower are...

Ever increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere are not only hazardous to life on the planet's surface, but also to...

Considering their heavy scale armor, and ferocious apatite, "sensitive" might not be the first adjective that comes to mind when describing...

Psychologists at Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences surprisingly found that decision making based on instinct has surprisingly positive...

Now that this whole political circus has been finally wrapped, many projects that had been left on standby or have...

Common to Central and South America, the Blue Morpho is an iconic butterfly, prized for its brilliant blue color and...

A startling study, which looked at data 10 times more comprehensive compared to previous similar efforts, found that half of all...

Astronomers have used a novel planet hunter instrument to detect a new possible life supporting, Earth-like exoplanet. In fact the...

Some people in the world have a different perception of what's good to eat and what's not. For instance, it's...

A team of international physicists have made a nano-sized device which can allow the phase velocities of certain wave of...

The Great Barrier Reef is the  the biggest single structure made by living organisms; so vast that it can be seen...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers at University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science used satellite imagery to...

Between Oct. 28 and Oct. 30, NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in California was directed on "2007 PA8", a one...

For many of us, mathematics comes with a feeling of anxiety, not while actually performing math, but beforehand in anticipation....

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease for both patients and their families that typically affects the elderly in large proportions. Detecting the disease...

(c) Current Biology The first recollection of the spade-toothed whale came in 1872, but no actual proof of its existence...