First evidence of planet formation around sun-like stars in clusters
An artist impression of one of the two gas giants discovered orbiting a sun-like star, part of a star cluster....
Tiny Martian spherical rocks puzzle scientists and shifts attention back to Opportunity
(c) NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./ USGS/Modesto Junior College In the past couple of months, all Mars-related attention has been almost unanimously shifted...
Check out the world’s first man-made bat cave
While it may lack most of Bruce Wayne's gadgets, the very first artificial bat cave in the world is sure...
Incredible molecular imaging shows individual chemical bonds for first time
Atomic level imaging has come a long way in the past decade, and after scientists first managed to image molecular...
New beautifully colored monkey species discovered in Africa
This bright little fellow is known as the lesula to the local people of a remote part of the Democratic...
A computer made from water droplets
If you thought the computer devised out of soldier crab swarms was cool, wait till you hear what scientists at Aalto...
Pulling all-nighters before tests is counter-productive – does more harm than good
The findings of a new research at UCLA, suggest that cramming all night before a big test, something that we've...
Oldest Asian bones push back modern humans in the area by 20,000 years
Anthropologists have discovered an ancient skull in a cave in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos, which according to subsequent dating...
The sun has the closest geometry to the perfect sphere found in nature
The sun has been extensively studied by astronomers for the last 50 years. While previous research suggested that the the...
Squishy robot camouflages itself effortlessly and blends in [VIDEO]
After UAVs inspired by hawks, robotic stability control spun from leaping lizards, wall climbing derived from geckos or the swimming artificial...
Whole 2000 year-old army of skeletons uncovered in Denmark. They tell of a macabre end
The first skull excavated from the site, with a mortal wound caused by a spear or an arrow. Photo: Curator...
Helium presence confirmed on the Moon’s thin atmosphere
According to recent findings as a result of observations from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), it seems like the moon's...
Mutant butterflies found near Fukushima linked to radiation exposure
Immediately after the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as a result of the devastating tsunami which swept...
More pics from Curiosity and a status update
Since it landed, the Mars Science Laboratory mission has offered a series of premieres for space exploration like the first-ever panorama of...
Petition calls for California’s great white sharks listing as endangered
Several groups are seeking to have the great white shark declared an endangered species by the federal government. (Al Seib,...
Hottest temperature on Earth reached after scientists create quark-gluon particle soup
Not one, but two independent high-energy particle physics laboratories in New York (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider - RHIC) and Geneva...
Spintronics breakthrough at IBM could lead to new generation memory storage
Spintronics, or spin transport electronics, is a sort of emerging technology that scientists have been studying for a while in...
Beating cancer by making it forget what it is [TED VIDEO]
(c) DANA SMITH Dr. Jay Bradner, a physician and chemical biologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, makes beating cancer sound...
First high-res image from Curiosity. Mars in our computer
Ok, enough of the low-res, black and white photos from Curiosity. NASA just released the first high-resolution, nearly dust free,...
Largest 3-D map of the universe released by the SDSS [VIDEO]
This is a still image from a video fly-through of the SDSS-III galaxies mapped in Data Release 9. (c) SDSS...
3-D views from Mars Curiosity rover
Strap on your 3-D glasses, folks. Curiosity is back on ZME Science, this time in full 3-D. We just got...
Curiosity first color image from Mars
Hope you're all not too bored by the influx of Curiosity we've been feeding these past few days. We believe...
Malaria genome sequence shows the disease is more challenging, yet offers opportunities
Two recently released studies by teams of international researchers sequenced the genomes of two major strains of the parasitic disease...
Curiosity Rover first images from MARS [PHOTOS]
Yes, Curiosity has landed! And like we've reported earlier, right after the rover landed on the martian surface, it beamed...
Curiosity rover lands on Mars. New milestone for NASA is backed by worldwide cheer
At precisely 10:32 p.m. Pacific time (1:32 a.m. EDT/0530 GMT), today, August 6, NASA's Curiosity Rover touched down on martian soil...
Private foundation awards after-life research grant worth $5 million
Many people who have gone through near-death experiences recall a "light at the end of the tunnel". Such cultural aspects...
Brilliant spiral Galaxy hosts two supernovae in past 30 years [PHOTO]
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile is back with yet another stunning gem. This spectacular spiral...
Boeing and SpaceX split $1 billion NASA founds – commercial spaceflight on demand
Both Boeing and SpaceX are set to split as much as $1 billion in federal awards destined to spur development...
2,500 year-old Mayan chocolate suggests it was used a as condiment, not just as a beverage
Anthropologists believe cacao beans and pods were mainly used in pre-Hispanic cultures as a beverage, a practice which can be...
Squid deep-sea species can eject parts of its arms to confuse enemies [/w video]
Octopoteuthis deletron. Image: UC Berkeley Seems like there's always a study that comes along once in a while describing yet...
Antarctica was home to a rainforest some 50 million years ago
Scientists who studied sediment cores drilled from the ocean floor off the Antarctic coast, have found on subsequent analysis fossil...
London’s Tower Bridge LED revamp puts the city in a new light for the Olympics
Arguably one of the most recognized landmarks in the world, London's Tower Bridge received a full relamping in celebration for...
We make mistakes more often and learn harder when rules change
Someone whose been driving for 20 years, let's say, in the United States and somehow ends up driving a car...
Don’t miss the August Blue Moon this year
The moon wasn't actually blue in this photo, as the photographer used a blue filter for his camera. (c) Kostian...
China tests new rocket engine and slates moon landing for 2013
China is set on covering a lot of lost ground in its race of becoming a full fledged space super...
Artifacts hint that modern human culture may have emerged in Africa 20,000 years earlier
Workers explore South Africa's Border Cave. A study shows modern culture may have emerged in the area much earlier than...
Apollo mission flags still in place on the moon after 40 years
Just last week, man's first step on the moon turned 43 years. Uncoincidently, maybe, NASA announced recently that its Lunar...
Smallest laser is so tiny you can’t see it with the naked eye
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed what's considered...
Thought the touchscreen was innovative? Get ready for user interface complete revamp
Touchscreen technology has been in use for many years, but when the first iPhone came out some six years ago,...
Graphene layered in 3D crystal structure might allow for electronics revolution
Graphene is an atomic-scale honeycomb lattice made of carbon atoms. It seems scientists have yet to draw the line on...
Giant landslides on Saturn’s icy moon intrigues scientists
A giant landslide on Iapetus reaches halfway across a 75-mile (120 kilometer) impact crater.(c) NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Planetary scientist Kelsi...
Aluminum might be the future’s eco-fuel of choice
If you're reading ZME Science from home, chances are that you've got a can of beer or soda in someplace...
Most powerful stars are actually vampire binary systems. The weaker feeds on the stronger
A new research has found that the massively powerful O-type stars, which can be up to 90 times more powerful...
Antarctic rift the size of the Grand Canyon speeds ice sheet melting
Scientists from Britain have found a remote ice rift valley, up to one mile deep, under the ice in Antarctica. The...
Termite workers suicide to protect colony from invaders. Remarkable social behavior
Defense, like offence, is expensive for any animal. It takes resources and a lot of energy, and for some, it...
ISS’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is like an LHC in space – already boasting fantastic results
Alright, the analogy might not be the best. The Large Hadron Collider is a high energy particle accelerator, while the Alpha Magnetic...
Fluoride in tap water lowers IQ and hampers child brain development
According to the Fluoride Action Network there are at present 24 independent studies which have a direct link between fluoride...
Newly discovered solar system is very similar to our own
Artist impression of the Kepler-30 solar system, complete with its planets' orbits. (c) Cristina Sanchis Ojeda Researchers at MIT, the...
Biodiversity in tropical forests is declining, despite protection
Without more careful monitoring and efforts, some protected reserves are actually doing worse off than before. Wikimedia Commons Biodiversity helps...
3D printing in space might save astronauts a whole lot of trouble
The 3D printing revolution is right around the corner. While we might still be a few years away from seeing...