That’s it. We’ve got a winner. Vulcan and Cerberus have been chosen by public vote as names for the two smaller Pluto’s moon.
A United Nations Committee reacted very fast after the striking coincidences of the asteroid 2012 DA14 flying close to the Earth,and a large meteor crash in Russia's Chelyabinsk region on 15 February, agreeing on an international asteroid warning network just one week later.
A recent study shows that many children with autism have higher levels of several toxic metals in their blood and urine compared to typical children.
Most would consider there to be anything special about a parasitic flatworm. In particular, for the Schistosoma mansoni, you might even consider this little thing flat out disgusting. It hatches in feces-tainted water, grows into a larva in the body of a snail and then burrows through human skin to ...
This planetary nebula, dryly called ESO 456-67, might evoke a much more colorful naming by some, owing to it resembling a fiery eye in the sky--and alluding to something from The Lord of the Rings.
Organic photovoltaics represent the third generation in the field of PV technology, similar to the organic display and lighting revolutions, and will enable flexible, beautiful, cheap, ubiquitous applications of the cells in the medium- to long-term.
This just in-do not travel, according to the National Weather Service in Amarillo, Tex. According to reports, weather services are calling for "a crippling, historic blizzard."
There may be worldwide coral bleaching by the year 2056, according to the latest emissions scenarios and climate models.
Dying stars may hold the clues to extraterrestrial life and Earth-like planets, according to a new study.
Vampire bats have been caught on film sucking the blood from penguin chicks.
Notorious hacker group Anonymous announced (and proved) in the middle of February that it gained access to the State Department’s website and also captured a database, which was then published online.
According to the New York Post, an apparent overflow in the women's bathroom caused a minor flood in the second floor of the Dolby Theatre just less than 45 minutes before the Oscars broadcast began.
