Newswise -- Azhii peralai: from the deep ... large waves. This is the expression for 'tsunami' in Tamil, the oldest language in southern India.

Methane has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, the first time that an organic molecule has been found on a distant world.

Scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, have shown that Malaria eradication in Africa is sustainable, and any re-emergence of malaria in industrialized nations is highly unlikely.

In news that will thrill animal rights activists and tech geeks alike, animal testing of chemicals will be partially replaced by robot testing. Researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Health will be working

"Our artificial corneas are based on a commercially available polymer which absorbs no water and allows no cells to grow on it," says IAP project manager Dr. Joachim Storsberg. "

Social networks seem to be losing traction in a major way. 400,000 users for some reason decided not to return to Facebook. Myspace and Bebo also suffering the same situation. Read more at theregister.co.uk.

Talk about bouncing back from adversity. A new stretchy material can be cut and rejoined at the same spot just by pressing the broken ends together for a few minutes. The self-healing rubber stays stretchy even after being severed five or six times,...

space shuttle Touches down ! WATCH ON FULL SCREEN !

computer gives autistic girl a voice

A material that is able to self-repair itself when sliced in two has been invented by French researchers. It joins together again as if never parted, and has great medical and industrial uses. Like what Sunstroke author David Kagan wrote of in Doomwatch.