"Even after melting, the stone [produced from the thunderstorm that struck Vivian, South Dakota, U.S. of A., on 23 July 2010] still measured 8.0 inches in diameter and weighed nearly 2 pounds (1 pound, 15 ounces) with a circumference of 18.62 inches." Photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
A year and a half after President Obama loosened restrictions on government funding of human-embryonic-stem-cell research, a federal judge declared all such studies temporarily off-limits for taxpayer dollars, on the grounds that they violate a 1996 law.
A report from Beyond Zero Emissions asserts that Australia's energy needs can be fully met by renewable sources within 10 years with technologies that are already available, with 40% coming from wind generation, and 60% from large-scale Concentrating Solar Thermal with molten salt storage.
Take a look at the world’s energy consumption as a factor of renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
Charles Darwin may have been wrong to argue that competition was the major driver of evolution, a study suggests.
Scientists reported progress today in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power portable electronic devices.
If you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a some new menu items.
The 'mystery stone' discovered on a mountainside in New Mexico, appears to be inscribed with ancient Greek or Hebrew. For decades, scholars have wondered if it's proof that Mediterranean peoples came to the New World thousands of years ago.
Two scientists, one American and one French, have been in Chernobyl for more than 10 years studying the populations of insects, birds and mammals in "zone of alienation" surrounding the abandoned nuclear power station
A research team at Heriot-Watt University, UK, is investigating whether urine could be used to create energy via new, low-cost fuel cells.
Here’s a disconcerting thought: for the past thirty years, genes have been patentable. And we’re not just talking genetically modified corn – your genes, pretty much as they exist in your body, can and have been patented.
Designer transforms chewed gum into a useful rubber that can be made into anything from toys to boots.
It looks like once again, Jupiter has taken a hit! And once again an amateur astronomer spotted and captured the event.
What is it about happiness that makes it so elusive for most of us and yet seemingly so simple for some? Is it a matter of how we approach our lives, or is it just luck in how we find the world?
A blow to the head can change the neural architecture of the brain from elastic to brittle, with devastating consequences.
Strong earthquakes along the San Andreas fault in southern California are more frequent than previously thought, so the dreaded "Big One" could be just around the corner, US researchers said Friday in a study.
Nerves don't always take the direct route as you might think they would.