Nothing proves how
fragile, beautiful and
rare our planet is like a
portrait of it taken from
space. Now, scientists
are planning to image
Earth from a spacecraft
stationed at Saturn, and
are hoping many
Earthlings will plan to
stop and wave toward t...
Good new, techies: 3D
printers can now do more
than make dust-collecting
doodads. Researchers have
developed a method of
producing powerful
microbatteries using
these trendy
contraptions.
By Irene Klotz PARIS
(Reuters) - The European
Space Agency signed final
contracts with Thales
Alenia Space Italy for
work on a pair of
missions to assess if the
planet Mars has or ever
had life, officials said
at the Paris Airshow this
week. Until la...
After an especially cold
winter across much of the
United States, the
American public was
slightly less convinced
that the planet is
heating up, a new survey
shows.
Apart from their hairless
appearance, naked mole
rats are known for
several distinguishing
characteristics: They
have an unusually long
life span for a rodent,
and they seem to be
protected from developing
cancer. Now, researchers
have pinpointed a n...
Scientists are a step
closer to reconciling a
mystery on Mars, a cosmic
oddity centered on
Martian rocks and pieces
of the Red Planet
discovered on Earth.
A new research project
out of Japan has air
hockey champions shaking
in their sneakers.
Researchers have
developed a robotic arm
that dominates the air
hockey table with a
killer combination of
precise moves and
long-term strategy.
When defense contractor
Edward Snowden leaked
secret National Security
Agency documents to the
media on June 6, the
initial public outcry
focused on how America's
communications
intelligence service had
kept track of the
telephone, and possibly
the o...