Blue whales are famed for their haunting songs that travel thousands of miles under the ocean. Now scientists have discovered the world's largest mammals are singing in deeper voices every year - and they are not sure why. A study in the journal

The Solar Impulse prototype plane, part of a planned solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe, has left the ground for the first time.

The evidence emerged from a study of fossil bones collected from Antarctica more than 30 years ago. Researchers now know they belong to an ancient relative of mammals that lived around 250 million years ago. Kombuisia antarctica belonged to a

Remember when the pesticide lobby attacked First Lady Michelle Obama because she wasn't championing the use of chemicals in her White House garden? Somehow a top official from CropLife -- the powerful chemical industry trade group that went after Mich

HAARP refers to the "High-Frequency Active Auroal Research Program". It is located at approximately 62.39N, 145.15W near the town of Gakona, Alaska. HAARP project is funded by the US Senate and opperated by the US Navy & AirForce

THE Ridgeway is the oldest continuously used road in Europe, dating back to the Stone Age. Situated in southern England, built by our Neolithic ancestors, it's at least 5,000 years old

spooky-looking fangs that have earned it the name Danionella dracula--and that's more than enough to qualify as a one of the spookiest new species announced in 2009.

The ability of dogs to tune in to needs of psychiatric patients, turn on lights for trauma victims afraid of the dark, remind owners to take medication and interrupt suicide attempts and self-mutilation, has lately attracted the attention of researchers.

A recent publication by McAfee suggests that an estimated 62 trillion spam emails were sent worldwide in 2008. The paper argues that this volume of spam requires an energy use of 33 billion kilo-watt hours which is equivalent to:

Chinese scientists have shifted its focus from mapping the moon to completing the world's first land cover map of the Antarctica at the end of this year. The result will be the most accurate map of the continent ever published.