Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Mysterious Stone Spheres In Costa Rica Investigated

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John Hoopes, University of Kansas associate professor of anthropology and director of the Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, recentl...

History's Most Destructive Volcanoes

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The June 12, 1991 eruption column from Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, as seen from Clark Air Base. credit: Richard P. Hoblitt/USGS From Live S...

China Seeks Calm Amid The Google Storm

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From Times Online: Google’s hopes of retaining a foothold in China remained intact yesterday after the Chinese Government played down its ro...

How The Tablet Will Change The World

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The iPad is the first embodiment of an entirely new category, one that Apple CEO Steve Jobs hopes will write the obituary for the computing ...

How Science Is Countering Biological And Chemical Threats

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Bio-terror A versatile material that neutralizes a range of biological and chemical agents could save time and lives in the event of a terro...

Loneliness Increases Your Blood Pressure

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From The Telegraph: Loneliness can increase blood pressure if you are over 50, according to a new university study. Lack of connection with ...

Arctic Winds And Not Global Warming 'Responsible For Much Of Record Loss Of Sea Ice'

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Study: Strong winds and not global warming are to blame for much of the record-breaking loss of ice in the Arctic Ocean in recent years. Fro...

US Space Companies Present Soyuz-Busting Price Plans

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From New Scientist: Matching Russian rides to the International Space Station after the space shuttle retires will be difficult without ...

Do Animals Commit Suicide? A Scientific Debate

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From Time Magazine: Forty years ago, Richard O'Barry watched Kathy, a dolphin in the 1960s television show Flipper, kill herself. Or so ...

Large Hadron Collider To Start Hunt For 'God Particle'

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Engineers have been installing a new protection system for the LHC's magnets From The BBC: The organisation that operates the Large Hadr...

Norton Ranks Riskiest Cities For Cybercrime

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(Credit: Symantec ) From CNET News: You may want to start keeping a closer eye on where you click if you live in Seattle. Among 50 U.S. ci...

How Dinosaurs Rose To Prominence

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Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Massive lava flow (top brown layer) sits atop end-Triassic (white) and Triassic (red) layers at a site in...

Portion Sizes in 'Last Supper' Paintings Grew Over Time

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From Live Science: Nutrition experts have analyzed the food depicted in some of the best-known paintings of the biblical Last Supper and fou...

Queen Chooses Which Sperm Die

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Researchers retrieve sperm from the abdomen of an ant. Credit: Boris Baer/UWA From Cosmos: SYDNEY: The queen of a social insect colony has o...

Swiss Team Breaks Record for Around-the-World Flight, Despite Encountering Volcanic Eruption

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The Sabreliner 65 and Her Swiss Crew Emmanuel Joffet - Sipa Press From Popular Science: First time the record has been set with refueling ...

In The Middle Of A Chain Reaction (Hot Video)

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From The Daily Mail: A domino-effect music video for a cult U.S. band has proved an internet sensation after attracting eight million online...

SpaceShipTwo Makes First (Captive) Flight

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From Autopia: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo made its first captive carry flight early this morning at the Mojave Air and Space Port. SpaceS...

The Future Of News

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WNU Editor: Kristen Purcell explains how the Internet has changed how we get news. (From ABC News)

Who Writes Wikipedia Articles?

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Image: Although "all-round" editors helped contribute to high-quality articles, the study's findings don't negate the imp...

Ivory Bids Fall On Poaching Fears

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From The BBC: The UN's wildlife trade organisations have turned down Tanzania's and Zambia's requests to sell ivory amid concern...