We're gonna take small break from science and relax with the fine arts of the 20th century. Recently, Saatchi made...

While you're sitting at home (or somewhere else) enjoying your internet connection you are probably not thingking about the 1.6...

Nature has its own way of protecting itself, and we should have already learned this (the hard way), because so...

Nature published these findings of scientists from Houston, Texas, about the original proportion of oxygen isotopes in the Sun. This...

An amateur Dutch archaeologist named Jan Meulmeester made a startling find which pleases scientists: an amazing collection of 28 flint...

After it was proved that Homo floresiensis (”Man of Flores”, nicknamed Hobbit) is a different species than humans, the tiny...

Back in September, a meteorite crashed somewhere in Peru, scaring locals and digging a hole in the ground, but pleased...

The Cassini spacecraft has made numerous valuable discoveries along the time, such as the 'building blocks' of life on Titan,...

Researchers from the University of Maryland started researching some characteristics of bacteriae from Chesapeake Bay that could lead to a...

Astronomers from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario have spotted (with the aid of cameras, of course) a...

As you know (or at least should know), butterflies and moths are known for their metamorphosis from catterpillars to their...

Mars has fueled many speculations for many centuries, and just several decades ago it was proved that there is no...

This project was backed up by U.S., Italian and German partners and it promised to be the next step in...

About 2.3 million diagnosed with diabetes just in the UK, and it's estimated that some 750.000 people have it but...

    Viruses are sub-microscopic infectious agents that need other cells in order to reproduce. In fact, some scientists claim...

For a whole lot of time Mars has fascinated scientists, which during the time made some crazy theories, of whch...

Despite of the all the efforts (which by the way, are not as numerous as you may think) which have...

About a year and a half ago, the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway had announced the discovery of one...

 Japanese invent more and more things with everyday that  passes, some inventions being stunning and very useful,   while others are...

The idea of a comprehensive encyclopedia has been launched a long time ago, and the internet was the perfect way...

I've always found it strange that beavers are considered by some pests; besides being amazing animals with some amazing habits,...

Think of the territory which was once cald the wild west; what's the first image that pops up in your...

The science of clothing has evolved greatly: we have light skiing suits that keep us warm at -20 (and more)...

There are still so many things we don't know about our solar system, and if by some way we manage...

To understand this, you need just a very basic knowledge of chemistry, nothing fancy. When small parts of organic matter...

Probably all of us have, at a certain point, went on a trek in the mountains, or at least went...

I had every bit of admiration for BP when they announced they were going towards some greener alternative, although this...

The return of three Antarctic marine science research vessels marks the crowning of one of Australia's most ambitious International Polar...

Everyday you hear about something that cures (or almost cures) cancer; some stand out and are quite effective, some are...

A long time ago, sharks had no natural enemy; they were on top of the trophic chain. All this has...

A laser is an electronic-optical device that produces coherent light radiation. It's very useful in various fields, such as medicine...

This has been talked about for ever, and as much as we admit it or not, a big mass of...

What seemed to be a very natural and obvious conclusion needed a whole lot of studies and research to be...

A new study has shown that not even a square meter of the world's oceans has been left untouched by...

Nowadays almost everybody, even most bad ass bikers wear safety helmets, and there is a very good reason for that....

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and even recycle carbon from vehicles,...

That's right, from the sandy fields of Sahara, scientists have uncovered the bones of two new ferocious dinosaur predators, of...

This could be the plot for a Dr. Doolittle movie, without the talking to animals. Things were as follows: The...

As expected, genetics evolves everyday and finds more new and unexpected solutions to some of the most puzzling problems we...

The pterodactyl derives from the word Pterosaurs, which means "winged lizard". Pterodactyl means in fact "winged finger". When you hear...

When Swedish researchers published this theory of theirs, nobody took it seriously. Without paying much attention to the scientific community,...

  This sounds truly great, and I was quite surprised to see it, but it's a reality. Scientists invented the...

  Charging your cell phone may be as simple as a walk in the park - literally. Scientists have created...

Birds evolved from lizards, (nearly) all scientists agree about that, but strangely enough there is still a debate around when...

Traditionally, drugs, cures, chemicals and medical devices are tested on animals to give some insight on how these would react...

Researchers at at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have achieved something that many people call the Holy...

They say the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. You can simultaneously love and hate somebody (and something,...

MESSENGER is a spacecraft which recently made a flyby near Mercury and it gave scientists a whole new perspective over...

There are already numerous ways of storing gas but this is in fact a new concept, very different from those...

Charging the cell phones is a drag; and the battery drops out just when you need it most. Having a...