Brain surgeons must have the best sense of humor in the whole scientific community. Seems like a team of German...

According to a recently published study, computer processor chips made out of nano-scale magnets could yield an efficiency close to...

An Australian engineer boosts that he has successfully managed to build a working hover bike, one, he claims, that you...

When Google Earth was first released I was simply struck  with amazement by the myriad of features the software was...

Last year, in October, China launched its second moon orbiter, as part of the country's rapidly growing reformed space program...

Although they've been around for a while, 3D printers still manage to impress me with the quality and precission of...

After a long period of research and debates 114 and 116 are now the heaviest elements in the periodic table,...

In a relevant display of  NASA's fireball-observing network capabilities, a set of automatic robotic cameras caught a man-sized meteor as...

Project Icarus is an extremely fascinating initiative which aims to bring humanity closer to the stars. The latest theory proposed...

More and more countries are seeking to ban or at least limit the use of plastic bags or have already...

Captioned above is the very last piece of transmitted imagery by the now defunct Mars Spirit Rover (rest its soul;...

For most, a jetpack can be considered more of a SciFi concept than a viable, realistic flying contraction. However, recent...

Cats are surprisingly independent pets, which I'm sure most of you who own one already know, and as I'm steadily...

After she suffered a stroke, a 36-year-old professor started to feel sounds. In the beginning she didn't know what was...

Two years ago, NASA's LCROSS probe was looking for signs of water when it smashed into Cabeus crater at the...

In an amazing feat of electrical engineering, scientists have managed to set a new landmark in optical communications by transmitting...

Pictured above is a cardinal, and if you don't see anything special about it yet, you should check out its...

While a 3D map of the Universe using the light from 14,000 quasars has been previously released to the public...

This Wednesday morning, Andrew Feustel and Mike Fincke floated out on a spectacular 6 hour long spacewalk outside the International...

While scanning underneath the waters of Lake Michigan for shipwrecks, archeologists found something a lot more interesting than they bargained...

I a recent study published by the University of British Columbia, Canada, it seems women are more sexually attracted by...

Due to weeks of continuous heavy rain, coupled with a runoff from an unusually snowy winter, thousands of homes and...

Ironically, while most tidy people in the world are busy dusting off furniture, electronics, ceilings, cats, whatnot, researchers have shown...

A new and extensive study by Hunch.com shows that persons who keep their desktops cluttered are more likely to be...

Reminiscent of the infamous one-child policy introduced in China in 1978, which limited urban Chinese families togiving birth to a...

In its most simple form, a memristor can be defined as a two-terminal electronic device whose conductance can be precisely...

In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the eminent British physicist Stephen Hawking shared his view upon fatality and the...

Sakurajima is probably the most active and dangerous volcano in Japan. Actually, one of its eruptions from back in 1914...

If you think giving a robot a sword and teaching him how to use is a bad idea, you may...

Discovered deep in the farthest reaches of our solar system, Haumea is a tiny dwarf planet which has been fascinating...

Accurate dating of a Neanderthal fossil found in a Russian cave, showed that it was 10,000 years older than previous...

VICKSBURG, MS - MAY 10: A home is surrounded by floodwater May 10, 2011 in Vicksburg, MS. Late this Monday,...

A healthy life style, plenty of exercise and good genes might be your best bet, if you're looking for a...

With the whole Osama operation that's been dabbling all over news right now, intelligence and surveillance is coming to mind...

A remarkable MIT research has found that by coating carbon nano-tubes with bee venom they can create incredibly faithful sensor...

Toyota is the leading electric car manufacturer in the world, and now the Japanese automobile manufacturer is prepping to dominate...

Various animals and plants faced with the danger of extinction may be one step closer to making the official endangered...

According to a recently published study, teens who regularly drink alcohol tend to spend more time on a computer surfing...

How's your Mandarin? If it's as rusty as mine, we'd do best and brush up on it since it seems...

This Saturday the United States Military launched a new geosynchronous satellite into orbit as part of its Space-Based Infrared System...

Shark Men: Biggest and Baddest, is a new TV show set to premier on National Geographic Channel tomorrow night, which...

In what can be considered somewhat paradoxal, according to a recent study from the University College London, scientists have found...

Last year, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s low-res, grayscale Context camera cought a patch of new dark spots on the martian...

Like i reckoned in some of my past articles, space tourism is getting more and more popular each year, as...

Ever wondered why you never see bats flying in the rain? Well, maybe you've seen some skimming through trees in...

Until recently it was considered that only humans have the ability of being aware of the fact that they exist...

According to a recently published study reported by Swedish scientists, people who are obese and middle aged are up to...

It is no longer a question if multi-meter sea level rises will happen, but only of when. According to the...

The Ebola virus has been the subject of numerous panic inducing books and movies, portraying it as a devastating killer,...

In what can be considered a breakthrough in the battle against worldwide depression, scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute of...