| NASA eyes unprecedented mission to unlock Sun's biggest mysteries NASA is developing an unprecedented mission to study the Sun closer than ever... | |
| Ultraviolet starlight key to making water in space ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered the key ingredient for making water in space- ultraviolet... |
| Stephen Foley: The new space race can give desert state economic lift-off US Outlook: It is approaching truth or consequences time for space tourism. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has some big milestones coming up in its effort to put paying passengers... |
| Julian Baggini: If science has not actually killed God, it has rendered Him unrecognisable In an age when even some bishops are near atheists, "man doesn't believe in God" is hardly headline news. Unless, it seems, that man is Professor Stephen Hawking. It seems that every subject has its... |
| The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution by Timothy Taylor | Book review ). Now, Timothy Taylor, reader in archaeology at the University of Bradford, makes a claim for technology in general and, in particular, the invention of the baby sling – not, as you may have... |
| What I see in the mirror: Marcus Du Sautoy When I look in the mirror, I see a 10cm scar across my brow. It's new and I'm still getting used to it. Very conveniently, it runs the length of my left eyebrow but, to my eyes, it makes my face look... |
| West Island green space deal questioned The wooded area, shown in green, extends from Cap-Saint-Jacques nature park in Pierrefonds alongside the l'Anse-à-l'Orme Park to Angell Woods in... |
| New Zealand Earthquake Pictures: Walls, Roads Crumble Christchurch, New Zealand (see map) , early Saturday, local time. The New Zealand earthquake caused road damage and wall collapses in parts of the city of 400,000, and authorities said looters had... |
| Pictures: Crab Swarms Overtake Island—Mystery Solved Photograph from Photolibrary Children watch migrating Christmas Island crabs (file photo), which overtake Australia's Christmas Island at the beginning of the wet season, in October or November.The... |
| Manitoba man jailed for violent home invasion A Birch River, Man., man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a violent home invasion that saw an innocent victim awakened in the night and beaten bloody with a fence picket. Michael Fox,... |
| German kids given porn pens by mistake To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which... |
| Test-tube Calf Embryos More Likely To Survive Texas Summers By: Robert Burns, Texas AgriLife News Think you're uncomfortable in the extreme Texas summer heat? Try being an ovulating 1,200-pound mother cow.Studies have shown that heat-stressed dairy cows... |
| NASA Imagery Reveals Weaker, Stretched Out Fiona Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 13:59 CDT NASA satellite data has noticed that Tropical Storm Fiona is getting "longer." That is, the storm is elongating in almost a north-south... |
| Laser-Based Missile Defense For Helicopters Being Developed Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 13:05 CDT Protecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser technology created at the University of Michigan and Omni... |
| Scientists Discover The Mechanisms And Function Of A Type Of Mysterious Immune Cell In two closely related studies, two teams of Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered the underlying mechanisms that activate a type of immune cell in the skin and other organs. The... |
| Sight-Saving Research Halted By Stem Cell Ruling The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), a professional organization of member scientists, opposes the Federal District Court injunction that froze federal funding for human... |
| GEN Reports On The Greening Of The Life Sciences Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 12:27 CDT Biopharmaceutical firms and other life science organizations are taking definitive steps toward creating greener working environments and developing... |
| You Say, 'Bio-Math,' I Say, 'Math-Bio': Crossing Science Education Divide The old joke is a joke no more. In a special September issue of the ASCB's online journal, CBE—Life Sciences Education (CBE-LSE), the adage that biology is for science students who don't do math is... |
| Cosmic Log: Why the N.Z. quake is no Haiti 7.0 quake hit New Zealand , and early indications are that it caused relatively few serious casualties. Why the difference? The main reasons don't have to do so much with the earthquakes... |
| European Space Agency captures images of huge ice island This August 23, 2010 NASA Earth Observatory image taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-colour image on August 16, 2010 which... |
| Fire-Tornado Pictures: Why They Form, How to Fight Them Photograph by Nancy Greifenhagen A fire tornado swirls near a chimney on the roof of a burning house in an unidentified location (file photo). Fire tornadoes occur when intense heat and turbulent... |
| Why Hurricane Earl Weakened on Path to Cape Cod Earl was a very intense storm with winds exceeding 140 miles (225 kilometers) an hour as it moved northward along the U.S. East Coast.But as of Friday morning, Earl had diminished to a Category... |
| Children learn science lessons the fun way Abu Dhabi: An estimated 6,000 children have participated in an educational show in the nation's capital which aims to teach young learners about science and astronomy with the help of popular Sesame... |
| 1st Canadian Commander of Space Station Named A Canadian astronaut is set to become the first International Space Station commander from the Maple Leaf Nation. Veteran Canadian spaceflyer Chris Hadfield will take command of the space station... |
| Wanna scan the universe? Just open Windows BANGALORE: Global software major Microsoft has designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows. “We have designed a virtual... |
| Chemists, Engineers Achieve World Record With High-Speed Graphene Transistors Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have... |
| NASA satellite and International Space Station catch Earl weakening NASA satellites and the International Space Station are keeping eyes on Hurricane Earl as it heads for New England. Watches and Warnings are posted in the US... |
| Terror suspect back in court to set bail hearing OTTAWA - One of three men accused in an alleged homegrown terror plot will return to court next week to schedule a two to three-day bail hearing. Identifying himself as Dr. Khurram Sher - he's a... |
| Ontario pair sorry for stealing from cops SARNIA, Ont. - Two friends earned themselves a year's probation after a drunken birthday celebration ended with the pair breaking into a police station garage. Court heard Friday the two 22-year-old... |
| Roses hid major khat haul CALGARY - A bundle of roses by any other name would smell as sweet - except when its hiding a shipment of drugs. Canadian Border Services Agency officers managed to sniff out 73 kilogram of khat... |
| Bomb explodes in man's face A police car can be seen outside the Repentigny, Que., home where a man suffered injuries to his hands and face after opening what appeared to be a birthday gift, but turned out to be a bomb. (QMI... |
| UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai Smoke rises from the scene of a plane crash in Dubai September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Mosab Omar DUBAI - A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service Inc crashed shortly after takeoff... |
| Could Earl Be Weakening? Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:42 CDT NASA satellites and the International Space Station are keeping eyes on Hurricane Earl as it heads for New England. Watches and Warnings are posted... |
| Oldest Continents Depend On Water From Earth's Mantle Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:03 CDT Earth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life. Thanks to the... |
| Discovery Could Pave The Way For Identification Of Rogue CFC Release Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:07 CDT A new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs... |
| SMOS Water Mission Reveals Insight Into Amazon Plume Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 10:01 CDT ESA's SMOS water mission has taken another step forward by demonstrating that it will lead to a better understanding of ocean circulation. Using... |
| Iowa State Chemists Discover Method To Create High-Value Chemicals From Biomass Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:54 CDT Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather... |
| Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Retain An Inactivated X Chromosome Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:42 CDT Female induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, reprogrammed from human skin cells into cells that have the embryonic-like potential to become any cell... |
| American Society For Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Reacts To Stem-Cell Ruling Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:41 CDT The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology expressed its disapproval and disappointment this week in response to the Aug. 23 ruling... |
| Discovery Networks Hostage-Taking A Rare Terror Event A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. meets... |
| Scientists Identify Molecules Involved In Touch And Other Mechanically Activated Systems Scripps Research Institute scientists have identified two proteins with potential to be important targets for research into a wide range of health problems, including pain, deafness, and cardiac and... |
| New Method Successfully Predicted How Oil From Deepwater Horizon Spill Would Spread Prompted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a UC Santa Barbara scientist has come up with a new way of predicting how contaminants like oil will spread. He was able to forecast several days in... |
| Low Grades In Adolescence Linked To Dopamine Genes The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects –– English, math, science, history –– if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine... |
| Research Project Offers Insight Into Superstitious Behavior Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 12:08 CDT People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to... |
| Uncontrolled fires destroy 'paradise of diversity' Scientists say many native animal species in Northern Australia are "plunging towards extinction". John Woinarski has monitored areas of Kakadu National Park with trappings and surveys for several... |
