A new age of space exploration has begun, one could say just in this current decade as several new private space companies are starting real business outside of Earth.
An unsuspecting fisherman came across a rare site: one of a shark's live fetuses had two heads. The fisherman kept the specimen and immediately shared it with scientists who described it in a study published online in the Journal of Fish Biology.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University researchers have discovered a new strategy for preventing infections due to the herpes simplex viruses, also known as the microbes responsible for causing genital herpes (herpes simplex virus 2) and cold sores (herpes simplex virus 1).
According to a recent study published in the International Journal of Gynecology, pregnant women in Ghana who slept on their back-supine sleep-had an increased risk of stillbirth compared to women who did not sleep on their back according to new research led by a University of Michigan researcher.
NASA engineers are getting ready for the next Mars solar conjunction that will put two rovers and two Mars orbiting spacecraft beyond reach because all communications between Earth and Mars, with the sun in between, will be blocked for most of the month of April.
If you visit Christmas Island in Australia, you may have spotted the rare red crag migration that has been gracing the area from November to January.
The most endangered wild cat on Earth, the Iberian lynx, could be preserved through an unusual method--castration.
The newly-created lightest material on earth, known as a graphene sponge, could help mop up oil spills.
Almost six kilometers from the closest sea, a seal pup was found in a forest in eastern Sweden on Sunday. Police authorities and residents are surprised and puzzled as to how the seal pup arrived in the forest.
Ephemeral vacuum particles may cause fluctuations in the speed of light, changing the way we look at physics.
Several rescue teams scrambled on a beach in South African city of Cape town where nineteen pilot whales were seen stranded on Sunday out of which out of which seven whales died, reports AFP.
A major goal of the 2045 Initiative is to establish the world's first research center for immortality. The initiative was launched by Russian Internet mogul Dmitry Itskov who is now looking for billionaire and millionaire backers for the grand project that offers the chance of immortality as payoff:...
