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...

Some 12,900 years ago, a massive flood of melted freshwater in the Arctic caused a 1,200-year-long chill nicknamed the "Big...

A surgical implant allows for real-time observations of the spread and growth of cancer cells in a mouse. (c) AAAS...

Elections in the States are currently topping headlines all over the world, as people debate over their favorite candidate and...

When you think of asteroid impacts, the last thing that might come to mind is life. Contrary to popular belief,...

Scientists at Stanford University have successfully devised the world's first solar cell made entirely out of carbon. This alternative to...

Photons are slippery fellas. Since they don't have any electrons, they're free to run through any matter, no matter how...

I swear this isn't some practical joke for Halloween. Massachusetts fisherman recently caught a highly peculiar lobster with a genetic anomaly...

Alan Kingstone, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, has been debating with peers for many years what exactly...

Glimpses of America, American National Exhibition, Moscow World's Fair, 1959. Do you remember Carl Sagan's Voyager Golden Records? When the...

In the wake of the Sandy hurricane, which is currently still sweeping through North America's east coast, weather forecasting has...

The Martian sand collected by the Curiosity rover turns out to be similar to volcanic soil on Hawaii, NASA scientists...

According to two new studies, after smoking is banned indoors the number of people suffering from heart attacks considerably drops...

When left in scarcity, the human mind has always been pressured to find a solution. In the past decade or...

Honeybees are among the most well armed insects, remarkably enough however it seems that we've only seen one side of...

The origins of vision is a widely debated subject, since genetic relationships between early animals capable of sight are inconsistent....

Silver nanoparticles are often used for extensive medical treatments or antimicrobial health tonics. They're even used in skin care products, which...

With Halloween just around the corner, preparations in light of the impending artificial ghoul frenzy run amok through each neighborhood. Haunted...

There are around 800 hermit crab species living in the ocean. These crustaceans like to mind their own business and...

Artist impression of the Apophis asteroid. No, this isn't one of those misleading headlines. A MIT graduate student has recently...

In yet another breakthrough archaeological find, the tomb of what's considered by many the founder of the Mayan civilization has...

Gulf Stream flow diagram. Scientists have found hints that methane deposits, tucked away in seabed sediments, have began to breakdown...

Detecting the extent of soft-tissue diseases, such as breast cancer, typically requires invasive medical procedures, like a biopsy. A team of researchers...

In an extremely exciting find, scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark found a  type of bacteria that creates electrical currents on...

Though this might sound like an oxymoron, this is possible the best term to describe one of the most interesting...

Tablet with numeric signs and script. From Teppe Sialk, Susa, Uruk period (3200 BC to 2700 BC). Department of Oriental...

How many times did you find yourself anticipating a certain event shortly before it happened?

(c) Blue Origin After SpaceX's recent successful docking with the ISS, when it brought critical mission cargo to the space station,...

The pyramids, art, all of the world's great inventions, literary works, just about any valuable intellectual work can be traced...

The Great Gray Owls of Yosemite are a unique species, after they separated from their cousins some 30,000 years ago...

The dung beetle is an extreme survivor. Not only does it feed on poop, but it also fashions a hefty...

This Friday, a solar eruption of spectacular proportions took place. The ensuing plasma wave, measuring millions of degrees in temperature,...

A corridor of one of the famous catacombs of Rome. Fusing ancient, medieval, renascent and modern influences, the city of Rome is...

Like I mentioned last week, this past weekend was light struck by Halley's comet offsprings in a dazzling feast for...

As the topic of climate change is frantically being discussed in every government office nowadays, a burst of solutions, some contradictory,...

For scientists, the most common method of assessing an animal's intelligence is by looking at its relative brain size, with...

Facial transplant recipient Richard Lee Norris immediately after the operation (left), and seven months later (right). A while ago I...

Between 247 to 252 million years ago, Earth life was going through quite possibly its most dire time. During this...

The most detailed observations of the icy world of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, show complex weather patterns...

Instead of counting the seconds it's been on the floor; it's just safer if you'd wash that hot-god or, better...

Artist impression of the New Horizons spacecraft set to fly by the Pluto system in July 2015. (c) JHUAPL/SWRI NASA's...

The search for extraterrestrial life has always been a fascinating thought, one that has entertained the human mind for generations,...

After staying awake for many hours or days at time, humans and other mammals alike are forced to sleep, not...

Barley is a key ingredient in beer, the third most popular drink in the world after water and tea, an...

In a fantastic breakthrough in solar energy, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have...

Some of the Yellowstone supercomputer's racks. A mosaic of the Yellowstone National Park was put in place as a tribute....

Since last Sunday, Halley's comet offspring have been swirling through the night sky delighting star gazers all around the world. This coming...