Crowdsourcing Experiment Aims To Decode Whale Song
The race is on to decode whale song and you can help. A global crowdsourcing experiment may finally be what is needed to unlock the…
Harvard Scientists Develop $5 Rubber Robot
This may not look like the future of robots that we were promised in movies like Star Wars and Star Trek, but according to scientists…
Archaeologists Inch Closer to Understanding Stonehenge
What has long since been a mystery that has baffled archeologists and scientists alike, Stonehenge is starting to reveal some of its secrets. Archaeologists that…
Shock the Brain for Faster Learning
Maybe those 19th-century doctors were on to something when they used electroshock therapy as a treatment for a myriad of medical problems. New findings that…
Skull From China May Be The Oldest Evidence Of Human Violence
There’s no question that we humans have been a violent species. All you need to do is watch the nightly news or any given blockbuster…
Insect Cyborgs Could Be The First Responders Of The Future
There is no shortage of brave humans that will rush into a hazardous or dangerous area in order to help people, but the problem is…
The Less Birds Know, The Better
Knowledge a hindrance? It flies in the face of reason, right? Well, in this case too much knowledge is a bad thing. A new study…
Using Bees To Ease Tensions Between People And Elephants
Elephants and African farmers have had a long history of conflict, but now Lucy King’s work is helping to bring an end to it, using…
Human Stem Cells Transplanted Into Mouse Brains
Scientists have reported that they have successfully transplanted human stem cell-derived neurons into the brains of living mice. Human embryonic stem cells grown in a…
Scientists Rank Most Livable Alien Worlds
In the old days it used to be largely guess-work when determining which alien worlds might be most livable, but not anymore. These days we…
Electronic Contact Lenses Put Data on Your Eye
We’ve seen it thousands of times in movies; massive amounts of information unspooling right before someone’s eyes, without the need for any type of monitor….
Youngest Supernova Photographed
The death of a star has been captured on film just fourteen days after the explosion occurred, marking the supernova in the galaxy Galàxia del…
New Spray Lights Up Cancer Cells
Doctors don’t have forever to sit around and wait for lengthy testing procedures to work while a patient lies with his chest open, but missing…
Scientists Probe Earth’s Core To Gain a Better Understanding of Planet Formation
Scientists discover that the Earth’s core may not be what they originally thought; an iron-oxygen mix. Yes, the liquid outer core of the planet is…
minuteKEY DIY Key Duplication Machines
It’s bad enough that robots are taking so many human jobs, but now we also have to worry about vending machines. I had thought that…
Korea Developing Robot Prison Guards
The Korean Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and Kyonggi University are teaming up to develop robot prison guards that look like the conceptual image…
E-volo Multicopter Defies Gravity and Flies
If your idea of the perfect flight involves sitting in a chair surrounded by numerous spinning blades, the E-volo has just what you’re looking for….
Disney and Pixar Join YouTube
YouTube says it really is a small world after all as the video-sharing site becomes a new home for many Walt Disney and Pixar movies….
