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Earth Day 2009 – don’t let it be just another day!
In case you didn't know, today is Earth Day and this year we are celebrating it for the 39th time. If you gladly supported Earth Hour this is a great...
US and Brazil scientists team up to show we’re all pot heads deep down
It seems you can blame everything on drugs, as researchers show that the human brain manufactures proteins that act on specific receptors in the same way that marijuana does; those...
7 types of rare and amazing clouds (w/ pics and videos)
Clouds have inspired poets since immemorial times and they've even puzzled scientists - it almost seems like there's something out of this world about them. If you think that's true, just wait...
Zooming in on Mars: 3d pictures of the red planet
Get your 3D pictures on and join the show; hundreds of amazing pictures made by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have been made, and despite the...
Earth Hour 2009
Earth Hour is an initiative started by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund) that asks people everywhere in the world to turn off the light and other...
Therapists still claim they “treat” homosexuality
Even though we claim to be living in the third millenium and we've "evolved" significantly from say, 50 years ago, there's quite a number of people that think homosexuality is...
Doctor is performing brain surgery, and has a heart attack during the surgery; now what ?!
This my friends is one of those things that just makes your skin tingle in a very pleasant way. Italian doctor Claudio Vitale was performing brain surgery when he started...
Of Trojan Horses and miracle drugs
When Oscar was diagnosed with a very aggresive form of cancer called anal sac adenocarcinoma, his days seemed numbered - literally. Doctors gave him very little to no chance of...
Spectacular underwater volcano eruption near Tonga
Near Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, an underwater volcano has been shooting smoke, ash, steam, etc for thousands of feet, and the good thing is the islanders are not threatened by this....
The 10 most amazing unexplained artifacts
Every once in a while archaeologists (and sometimes amateur archaeologists) make remarkable discoveries. Sometimes, the finding is so surprising that they are unable to explain what it is they've found,...
The day our Sun brought darkness
About 20 years ago, on March 13, 1989, the whole province of Quebec, Canada, suffered a blackout that by now has reached legendary proportions among astronomers and electrical engineers. Still,...
Picturing yourself aging well may change your life
As you probably know (but may very well choose to ignore), ageism is going rampant throughout virtually every civilized country in the world, and this is by no means a...
So-called vampire found in mass grave
Whether it's due to novels and movies or some morbid fascination, more and more people seem to be fascinated about vampires. Still, when people first started to believe in them,...
The Turtle and the Robot
The guys over at WHOI are doing more and more interesting things every day; just a few days ago I wrote about Noah's...
Danube delta holds answers to ‘Noah’s flood’ debate
It seems science and creationism are just taking sides and throwing rocks at each other; recently, they've taken things to a whole new level, each bringing out more or less...
Early American culture defeated by natural calamities
In almost every belief there's an apocalypse, hanging above the believers' head like the sword of Damocles. But as far as we know so far, such an apocalypse is yet...
Martin Luther King day
Today, on the 3rd Monday of January, ZME Science pays homage to the man that was Martin Luther King, being grateful for all his lifetime achievements. Also, it's not hard...
Russia and Ukraine sign gas deal, ending gas stand-off, but conclusions are not great
Due to whatever economic or political reasons they had (as you know, we don't do politics), Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an agreement regarding the flow of gas from...
A 400 year old Moon map corrects history, making Galileo Galilei a runner up
As we learn (or at least should) at quite an early age, Galileo Galilei had quite the impact on science, making numerous improvements in telescopes and conducting early observations of...
