A research team led by San Jose State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara has discovered forests of a species of kelp previously thought endangered or extinct in deep waters near the Galapagos Islands.

Astronomers have discovered the first planet that has survived the massive expansion of its parent star - opening up the possibility Earth could do the same.

The world's polar bear population could be reduced by two-thirds within 50 years if predictions of melting sea ice hold true, a new report says. And the fate of polar bears may be bleaker still. This is because sea ice in the Arctic may

A Japanese company has produced a cool map which is basically a journey of web trends. It looks like a map of the London Underground and depicts the 200 most successful websites on the web, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity & perspective

ZURICH (Reuters) - An amateur paleontologist in Switzerland may have unearthed Europe's largest dinosaur mass grave after he dug up the remains of two Plateosaurus. The dinosaurs' bones came to light during house-building in the village of Frick

Ever wondered about all the different ways you can display information? Learn about Story Templates, Icebergs, Heaven 'n' Hell Charts; Knowledge Maps, Rich Pictures, Learning Maps - tools to help you visualize knowledge for successful communication.

In a once-lost forest in Africa, six animal species new to science have been discovered, members of a two-month expedition now reveal, including a bat, a rodent, two shrews and two frogs. "If we can find six new species in such a short period, it mak

News about a wiki for those of us interested in privacy, identity, data protection, access to knowledge and copyright reform. The wiki is Orgwiki from the Open Rights Group, an NGO.

Have you ever thought about how you are being tracked when you search on the Internet? You can search anyone's digital life via Google etc, but at the same time, the person surveilling is being surveilled. Locational privacy will become a future issue.

A recent statistical analysis strengthens evidence that human activities are causing world temperatures to rise.