A new study has dispelled the myth that the public are divided about climate change because they don't understand the science behind it.
And the Yale research...
Beam Me Up: 'Tractor beams' of light pull small...
"'Tractor beams' of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction. Haifeng Wang at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and...
If it’s good enough for a dog, it’s good enough...
If it’s good enough for a dog, it’s good enough for a kid, right? A school district in Texas will be watching over its students a lot more closely,...
Telomerase Gene Therapy Extends Lives Of Mice By Up...
Scientists are doing their best to give us the gift of immortality. The latest in the fight against ever dying is a gene therapy that gives mice a healthy dose of...
SpaceX Launch: Commercial Spaceflight is Here
Late tomorrow evening (AEST), all going well, a Falcon 9 rocket will lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A few days after launch the craft will rendezvous in...
-
-
-
Alien life probably isn’t interested in having us for dinner, enslaving us or laying eggs in our bellies, according to a recent statement by former SETI...
-
"The “V-Pole” (short for Vancouver Pole) would maximize public infrastructure by creating an all-in-one street light that would also provide...
-
"Dolphins live in a world of sound far beyond our own. They can distinguish very small differences in the frequency or pitch of sound waves, and can hear and...
-
China spurred a jump in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to their highest ever recorded level in 2011, offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the...
-
"Molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen--the building blocks of all life on Earth--have been the targets of missions to Mars from Viking to the...
-
"Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a human-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered...
-
"People who have been acknowledged by a stranger feel more connected to others immediately after the experience than people who have been deliberately ignored,...
-
by Dylan Otto Krider For progressives, PolitiFact has become a joke. After years of demanding the media do a better job of holding politicians accountable and...
-
It's Sunday and the funniest thing happened on the way to posting my weekly rant on Religion. First I go to post another story about Bill Mahr's show and...
-
"What looks like a bog standard wallpaper roll actually contains silver particles that allows it to filter out up to three different frequencies simultaneously....
-
"Microbes living in the seabed below the deep ocean are taking the slow-food movement to extremes. According to new research, these microorganisms are subsisting...
-
"Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found...
-
New ice is less reflective than old ice and absorbs more heat from the Sun, which means it doesn’t just melt faster: it actually speeds up its own melting....
-
"Men are less likely to choose vegetarian options, because their choices are influenced by a strong association of meat with masculinity, a new study suggests....
-
"Sometimes, particles can pass through walls. Though it sounds like science fiction, the phenomenon is well documented and even understood under the bizarre...
-
We all know that a high-sugar diet can lead to weight gain, insulin resistance, hyperactivity in children and a host of other health problems. And, according to a...
-
Is the notion of the "self" in danger, due to advances in neuroscience? Will we eliminate it in the future, or keep the construct because it makes us happy?
-
"The island nation of Kiribati is one of the countries most threatened by rising sea levels. However, many of the floods it has seen may be due to a mix of...
-
"Ancient creatures resembling stout-necked Loch Ness Monsters apparently developed arthritis in their monster jaws, revealing that even such lethal killers could...
-
