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Specials

Methane Discovered On The Red Planet

Methane Discovered On The Red Planet

Mars keeps the scientists on their toes, as there is always some new interesting aspect being...
» read full story January 17th, 2009 - 15:52
Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster

Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster

  We’re spinning faster than ever thought, and we’re more likely than ever to...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 08:00
Kathy Griffin’s Live Remarks “Inappropriate,” CNN Says

Kathy Griffin’s Live Remarks “Inappropriate,” CNN Says

What happens during CNN’s New Year’s Eve telecast does not stay with the channel....
» read full story January 03rd, 2009 - 15:40

"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies at 81

Washington - Influential political scientist and former Harvard professor Samuel Phillips...
» read full story December 28th, 2008 - 12:01
Dark Energy And The Expansion Of The Universe

Dark Energy And The Expansion Of The Universe

During a press conference today, NASA announced the fact that new measurements from the Chandra...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 12:20

They kill elephant in zoos, says “Science” article; zoo expert sputters in denial

Researchers compounded a study showing that elephants and zoos don’t go well together at all. Their...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 23:43
Hubble Finds Prebiotic Elements On “Hot Jupiter” Exoplanet

Hubble Finds Prebiotic Elements On “Hot Jupiter” Exoplanet

Every new discovery in space adds another piece to the puzzle scientists have been trying so hard...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 14:05
Hubble Detects Carbon Dioxide On A Distant Exoplanet

Hubble Detects Carbon Dioxide On A Distant Exoplanet

The Hubble Space Telescope made a remarkable discovery on a Jupiter-sized planet from another...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 07:04
Buried Ice Glaciers On Mars Shed Light On The Planet’s Ice Age Past

Buried Ice Glaciers On Mars Shed Light On The Planet’s Ice Age Past

Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’ polar regions, according to the...
» read full story November 22nd, 2008 - 12:54
Researchers Capture First Photo Of An Exoplanet Orbiting A Star

Researchers Capture First Photo Of An Exoplanet Orbiting A Star

For many years now, astronomers have given their best to learn more about planets orbiting other...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 12:40
Ark. Anchorwoman Dies of Injuries from Attack. Station Sets Reward Fund

Ark. Anchorwoman Dies of Injuries from Attack. Station Sets Reward Fund

While tributes swarmed the Web site of the Little Rock television station whose morning news...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 15:05
NASA To Give Hubble Another Go After Extensive Repair Work

NASA To Give Hubble Another Go After Extensive Repair Work

Over the past week, the NASA engineers have been working extensively on putting Hubble back on...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 12:14
FCC's Decision On The Unregulated Spectrum Criticized

FCC's Decision On The Unregulated Spectrum Criticized

Two days ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a statement, saying that the...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 14:07

Cattle Have Magnetic Sense of Direction, Google Earth Proves

Hamburg, Germany (dpa) - Grazing cows tend to face the North and South Poles, according to German...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 11:28
World’s Smallest Snake Can Curl Up on a Quarter

World’s Smallest Snake Can Curl Up on a Quarter

Have you ever imagined a snake about 4 inches (10cm)? Guess not…Apparently, such a species was...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 20:25
Scientists Expose Mystery Behind Aurora Borealis Spectacle Of Light

Scientists Expose Mystery Behind Aurora Borealis Spectacle Of Light

The enigmatic aurora borealis has kept scientists on a constant quest to understand the...
» read full story July 26th, 2008 - 14:24
Supernova - The Death Of A Star Brings Hope For The Future

Supernova - The Death Of A Star Brings Hope For The Future

Theoretically, scientists have managed to explain the death of a star by mere assumptions and...
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 15:08
Chandra Spots Youngest Supernova In The Milky Way

Chandra Spots Youngest Supernova In The Milky Way

Approximately 140 years ago, in the center of the Milky Way, a stellar explosion gave birth to...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 13:56
Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

A dying star situated 400 light years away from us exhibits an unusual and massive tail of heated...
» read full story August 16th, 2007 - 13:19
NASA Mars Rovers Threaten By Severe Dust Storms

NASA Mars Rovers Threaten By Severe Dust Storms

NASA’s Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, ere affected by a series of Martian summer dust...
» read full story July 21st, 2007 - 16:06
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People

Usher Apologizes for Comments Regarding Chris Brown

Usher Apologizes for Comments Regarding Chris Brown

Usher released a statement late on Tuesday in which he apologized for the remarks he made with...
» read full story March 04th, 2009 - 15:05
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Video Games

Adults Play Video Games Too!

Adults Play Video Games Too!

We know for a fact that teens love playing video games, but how many adults have the same...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 15:38
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U.S.

US Economist Paul Krugman Wins 2008 Nobel Economics Prize

Stockholm - The 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded Monday to Paul Krugman of the United...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 15:48
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Movies

“Body of Lies” Fakes Genuineness

“Body of Lies” Fakes Genuineness

What makes “Body of Lies” different from other espionage thrillers? Well, in the first place, the...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 14:15
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Music

Changes in the New “American Idol” Show

Changes in the New “American Idol” Show

  “American Idol” has plenty of changes in store for its eighth season, which...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 12:34
Ice Cube Revives Social-Exploring Rap with “Raw Footage”

Ice Cube Revives Social-Exploring Rap with “Raw Footage”

Formerly, rap was about life, social observations and street experience. Nowadays, it’s the other...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 14:00
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Technology

“25 Random Things” Is the New Facebook Phenomenon

“25 Random Things” Is the New Facebook Phenomenon

The exercise called “25 Random Things about Me” is the new Facebook marketing solution...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 15:28
Online Time Helps Teens Develop Social and Technical Skills

Online Time Helps Teens Develop Social and Technical Skills

While adults don’t seem to appreciate the time teens spend online, a recent study by the MacArthur...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 15:49
Update: Hubble Scores A Perfect 10

Update: Hubble Scores A Perfect 10

The 18 year old telescope is up and running again after it encountered some problems that kept...
» read full story November 02nd, 2008 - 10:25
Greeks Used Astronomical Calculator To Organize The Olympic Games

Greeks Used Astronomical Calculator To Organize The Olympic Games

Understanding the mysteries behind the world’s first calculating device developed by the ancient...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 14:31
Update: Wireless Carriers Oppose FCC's Free Wireless Plan

Update: Wireless Carriers Oppose FCC's Free Wireless Plan

The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to offer free high-speed wireless Internet all across...
» read full story June 06th, 2008 - 22:55
Mozilla CEO Says Apple’s Safari ‘Update’ Undermines Users’ Trust

Mozilla CEO Says Apple’s Safari ‘Update’ Undermines Users’ Trust

Whether you want it or not, you may accidentally install Apple’s Safari web browser on your...
» read full story March 22nd, 2008 - 09:08
NASA's Deep Space Network to Play Beatles on Monday

NASA's Deep Space Network to Play Beatles on Monday

The Beatles' "Across the Universe" is set to be beamed out by NASA into open space. The...
» read full story February 02nd, 2008 - 20:26
iPods No Risk For Peacemakers, FDA Study Concludes

iPods No Risk For Peacemakers, FDA Study Concludes

Despite the past reports and rumors that claimed iPods could interfere with the heart peacemakers,...
» read full story February 02nd, 2008 - 11:48
Google Contradicts EU In Terms Of Privacy Regulations

Google Contradicts EU In Terms Of Privacy Regulations

Do search engines, such as Google, Yahoo or Microsoft, break privacy policies? The new issue was...
» read full story January 22nd, 2008 - 16:04
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World

Millions of Indonesian Muslims start fasting

Jakarta - Millions of Muslims in Indonesia - the world's most populous Muslim country - on Monday...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 08:57
Tropical Storm Bertha Likely to Become Hurricane

Tropical Storm Bertha Likely to Become Hurricane

As Tropical Storm Bertha is getting closer to warmer waters, the conditions would most likely turn...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 11:02
Russia Limits Number of Monitors in the Elections

Russia Limits Number of Monitors in the Elections

Russia announced Wednesday the number of officials that will be monitoring the elections in...
» read full story November 01st, 2007 - 16:56
WMO: Climate Change May Hinder Ozone Recovery

WMO: Climate Change May Hinder Ozone Recovery

Climate change may hinder the ozone recovery, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said...
» read full story September 15th, 2007 - 13:14
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Gadgets

Steve Jobs Offers $100 Store Credit To iPhone’s Early Adopters

Steve Jobs Offers $100 Store Credit To iPhone’s Early Adopters

After yesterday after he finished introducing Apple’s new iPod lineup, Steve Jobs has dropped a...
» read full story September 07th, 2007 - 01:49
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Health

Mushrooms Can Prevent Breast Cancer in Women

Mushrooms Can Prevent Breast Cancer in Women

A diet rich in mushrooms and green tea may considerably lower the risk of developing breast...
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 14:55
New Molecule Seems To Block Hunger And Weight Gain

New Molecule Seems To Block Hunger And Weight Gain

Gerald Shulman’s team has just discovered a chemical found naturally in our body that blocks hunger...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 22:30

Virus Causes Irregular Heartbeat, German Researchers Find

Hamburg - There is new evidence that a virus could be the cause of irregular heartbeat in millions...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 10:03
Sales of Sanofi’s Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Suspended In Europe

Sales of Sanofi’s Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Suspended In Europe

Warnings about Sanofi-Aventis’ anti-obesity rimonabant (Acomplia) had always accompanied the drug,...
» read full story October 24th, 2008 - 15:30
Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 23:30
WHO Probes Mystery Deadly Disease in South Africa

WHO Probes Mystery Deadly Disease in South Africa

The World Health Organization is currently investigating a mysterious disease that has killed three...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 14:30
Study: Heart Patients Are More Exposed To Depression

Study: Heart Patients Are More Exposed To Depression

The American Heart Association released on Monday a series of guidelines concerning heart patients...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 03:39
Study: B Vitamins Don’t Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

Study: B Vitamins Don’t Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

Use of B vitamin appears to be inefficient in preventing death or cardiovascular events, according...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 14:00
New HIV Studies Bring No New Hope

New HIV Studies Bring No New Hope

Two new studies have raised concerns about the current perceptions of HIV spread.A first study has...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 22:31
FDA Approves Intelence (etravirine) For HIV Treatment

FDA Approves Intelence (etravirine) For HIV Treatment

The US Food And Drug Administration has approved etravirine tablets for the treatment of HIV...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 01:36
EU Health Officials Warn About Weight-Loss Drug

EU Health Officials Warn About Weight-Loss Drug

A European health watchdog has warned that taking weight-loss drug Acomplia bears a risk of...
» read full story July 20th, 2007 - 19:51
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Business

Microsoft Delays The Release Of Its New Browser

Microsoft Delays The Release Of Its New Browser

Microsoft’s plans to release its new Internet Explorer 8 by the end of the year seem to have been...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 16:27
Wolfowitz Gets More Time

Wolfowitz Gets More Time

An internal ethics investigation demanded that the World Bank's President Paul Wolfowitz should...
» read full story May 10th, 2007 - 12:02
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Science

Arctic summer ice may vanish in 30 years, study finds ahead of summit

Washington  - Ice in the summertime could be a thing of the past in the Arctic in as soon as...
» read full story April 04th, 2009 - 08:59
Cassini May Have Found the Source of Saturn’s G Ring in Tiny Moon

Cassini May Have Found the Source of Saturn’s G Ring in Tiny Moon

 Cassini’s mission around the sixth planet from the Sun and its moons has so far...
» read full story March 04th, 2009 - 13:48
NASA: Kepler To Launch No Earlier Than March 6

NASA: Kepler To Launch No Earlier Than March 6

For centuries, people have been fascinated with discovering new Earth-like planets somewhere in our...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 15:58
Social Networking Sites: Pleasure, Addiction and… Messed-Up Brain?

Social Networking Sites: Pleasure, Addiction and… Messed-Up Brain?

The popularity of social networking sites has reached sky-high over the last years, but so have...
» read full story February 26th, 2009 - 15:58
Green Comet Makes Its Way Through Our Solar System

Green Comet Makes Its Way Through Our Solar System

It’s not very often that we are given the chance to witness the amazing display that Comet...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 14:01
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory Ready For Takeoff

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory Ready For Takeoff

We are standing at a crossroad, where knowing when, why and how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 17:01
Study: 235 Species In Arctic and Antarctic Waters Possibly Identical

Study: 235 Species In Arctic and Antarctic Waters Possibly Identical

The Arctic and Antarctic regions don’t seem to offer the friendliest conditions for life...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 13:56
Climate Change to Cause Severe Losses in California Native Bird Species

Climate Change to Cause Severe Losses in California Native Bird Species

California is on the verge of losing one third of its native bird species, as the effects of global...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 14:21
AVO Warning: Redoubt Volcano On The Verge of Erupting

AVO Warning: Redoubt Volcano On The Verge of Erupting

Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) issued an advisory on the Redoubt Volcano...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 14:57
Astronomers Capture Giant Exoplanet Displaying Extreme Temperature Swing

Astronomers Capture Giant Exoplanet Displaying Extreme Temperature Swing

  The most recent observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have uncovered an...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 12:43
Antarctica Is Warming, Rather Than Cooling, Study Shows

Antarctica Is Warming, Rather Than Cooling, Study Shows

A recent study made by scientists from the United States rejected the wide accepted thesis that...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 07:28
Report Details the Surfacing of Plumes of Methane on Mars

Report Details the Surfacing of Plumes of Methane on Mars

  On Thursday, a team of researchers issued a report saying that the plumes of methane that...
» read full story January 18th, 2009 - 14:28
Trails of Methane Discovered on Mars

Trails of Methane Discovered on Mars

 On Thursday, scientists offered the first evidence of the fact that there is methane gas...
» read full story January 17th, 2009 - 11:23
Methane On Mars: The Red Planet Is Still As Active As Can Be

Methane On Mars: The Red Planet Is Still As Active As Can Be

Mars keeps the scientists on their toes, as there is always some new interesting aspect being...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 00:55
Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy

Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy

 Since Aristotle’s first theory on the Milky Way to present times, there’s still...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 13:48
We Actually Live in a Super Milky Way!

We Actually Live in a Super Milky Way!

The fact that the Milky Way is much smaller than the Andromeda Galaxy, which is our nearest...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 01:16
Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster, Heading For Collision

Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster, Heading For Collision

  We’re spinning faster than ever thought, and we’re more likely than ever to...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 13:59
Spirit and Opportunity: 5 Years Of Mars Exploration

Spirit and Opportunity: 5 Years Of Mars Exploration

NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers entered their fifth year on Mars on January 03, marking...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 14:08
Diamonds Suggest That Comet Hit North America 13,000 Years Ago

Diamonds Suggest That Comet Hit North America 13,000 Years Ago

 A scientific report showed on Friday pointed out that a group of comets may have hit North...
» read full story January 04th, 2009 - 15:42
Dinosaurs Much Better Fathers than Mammals

Dinosaurs Much Better Fathers than Mammals

New research says dinosaur males were not exactly the macho-ferocious cruel beasts we thought them...
» read full story December 20th, 2008 - 00:08
Studies Show That the Universe Is Expanding

Studies Show That the Universe Is Expanding

Recent observation on the Universe made astronomers believe that the Universe is indeed expanding...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 19:48
Arctic Meltdown Likely To Occur Sooner Than Predicted

Arctic Meltdown Likely To Occur Sooner Than Predicted

The signs of global warming reflect the most in the Arctic ice sheet that has been declining at...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 14:17
Shedding Some Light on Dark Energy

Shedding Some Light on Dark Energy

Some while ago, when scientists began talking about the hypothetical “dark energy” filling the...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 13:45
Dark Energy Observations Suggest Einstein Was Right All Along!

Dark Energy Observations Suggest Einstein Was Right All Along!

Almost a decade ago, astronomers concluded that the expansion of the Universe was taking place at...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 11:27
The Dark Energy Is In Charge With the Expansion of the Universe

The Dark Energy Is In Charge With the Expansion of the Universe

During a press conference today, NASA announced the fact that new measurements from the Chandra...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 22:36
Hubble Observations Find Prebiotic Elements on “Hot Jupiter”

Hubble Observations Find Prebiotic Elements on “Hot Jupiter”

Every new discovery in space adds another piece to the puzzle scientists have been trying so hard...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 11:30
NASA’s Hubble Finds CO2 On HD 189733b

NASA’s Hubble Finds CO2 On HD 189733b

The Hubble Space Telescope made a remarkable discovery on a Jupiter-sized planet from another...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 00:53
Astronomers Mirror Echoes From 400-Year-Old Supernova

Astronomers Mirror Echoes From 400-Year-Old Supernova

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have managed to recreate the death of a star...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 12:29
Enceladus Geyser-Jets Pumped By Underground Hot Liquid Water

Enceladus Geyser-Jets Pumped By Underground Hot Liquid Water

For almost three decades now, scientists have been intrigued by Saturn’s six-largest moon,...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 13:58
Buried Ice Glaciers on Mars Shed Light on the Planet’s Ice Age Past

Buried Ice Glaciers on Mars Shed Light on the Planet’s Ice Age Past

Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’ polar regions, according to the...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:00
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