Microsoft said Thursday that a nearly-final version of its next-generation Windows 7 operating system will be publicly released on May 5. The release will be available at microsoft.com/downloads in a move intended to signal that the software giant is putt

The planet Mercury is far more active than first thought with magnetic twisters which dance across its surface, scientists revealed today. Nasa's Messenger spacecraft flew past the rocky world last October and took close-up images of a third

An international team of astronomers, undertaking a survey with a new submillimetre camera, have discovered more than a hundred dusty galaxies in the early Universe, each of which is in the throes of an intense burst of star formation. One of these....

The morning sky as seen at 6:00 am, April 23 in Australia. On Wednesday April 22 and Thursday April 23 the crescent Moon is near the pairing of Venus and Mars. This will look very nice indeed, especially on the 23rd, when the very thin crescent Moon

THIS IS REALLY INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!! WITH MUSIC AND BIRDS !!!!!

The work of German photographer Alexander Lauterwasser is presented in the context of Cymatics, the study of vibration and its effects on form-making. A brief history of Cymatic research is presented starting with the sound-figure

ScienceDaily (Apr. 10, 2009) Amphibian populations are declining worldwide, principally because of the spread of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.

Corrugated plastic bins like the kind sold for handling mail and packages can be quickly and easily converted into a durable "nursery" for wild bees, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research entomologist.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 6, 2009) Butterflies seem able to both attract mates and ward off predators using different sides of their wings, according to new research by Yale University biologists.