A new species of ancient amphibian may represent one of the earliest examples of land-based vertebrate life.
The bacterial communities that live on human skin may form a bacterial fingerprint on the items that you touch. In a new study led by microbiologists, researchers swabbed three different keyboards and nine mice for bacteria, then compared the genomic variation between the communities to deduce whose hands had been touching what.
600 Feet Below Antarctic Ice Where Nothing Complex Should Live, NASA Catches A Curious Shrimp
This map (infographic) shows when and where you can watch every eclipse in the next fifteen years.
We haven’t heard from ET. Is it time to re-think the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
Researchers have discovered the genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, according to a new study
Biologists are worried. Birds have starved to death and been pummeled by storms. Scientists are also perplexed about why they've altered their habits. Climate change could be a factor -- no one really knows for sure.....
The ability to reprogram the immune system is one of the most sought-after goals in medicine. Now researchers are closer than ever to pulling it off in patients with Type 1 diabetes...
This map / infographic shows international measuring system of units and the chronology of the advance of metric usage around the world. Only three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the United States - have yet to adopt the International System of Units ...
Scientists at MIT have discovered an energy source that you can see only through a microscope. The researchers devised a process for generating electricity using nanotechnology. They plan to refine the process in hopes of creating a new eco-friendly battery, among other products.
Have no idea which shuttle this is but the angle this image is taken from is really cool.
Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji's northern islands on Monday evening with gusts of up to 275 km/h (170 mph) and heavy rain, but weather officials had not received immediate reports of damage.
Humanity’s relationship with bamboo is extensive, stretching across a myriad of cultures and spanning thousands of years. Considered a symbol of fertility in Chinese culture and a symbol of friendship in India—has been utilized in a multitude of ways that might seem a tad eccentric, especially by North American standards.
Materials scientists have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
This Starship Enterprise NCC-1701D of Star Trek was fabricated in one-billionth scale by 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion-beam CVD using phenanthrene gas. It is 8.8μm long