Tuesday saw the official launch and press conference of the new asteroid mining company Deep Space Industries (DSI), which presents a couple of both innovative and realistic ideas to start the asteroid mining business. DSI even announced a near-term exploration start by launching small and inexpensi...
Tuesday saw the official launch and press conference of the new asteroid mining company Deep Space Industries (DSI), which presents a couple of both innovative and realistic ideas to start the asteroid mining business. DSI even announced a near-term exploration start by launching small and inexpensi...
Researchers from the Natural History museum have determined the sex of a now-extinct bird.
Robot mechanics may soon be repairing and constructing satellites--in space.
Researchers in Munich, Germany created a synthetic polymer molecule that can react to external stimuli by changing its shape, which could be useful for several applications in nanotechnology, like nano-scale switches and molecular machines.
A new study will attempt to discover the cause of cancer in older dogs. It’s the first long term study of its kind on canine cancer and other dog diseases.
Another impressive Hubble telescope picture shows a large star cluster, made possible by combining ultraviolet, visible and infrared observations made by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 into a composite image. Such a filter set lets the telescope "see" colors slightly further beyond red and the violet ...
The U.S. military wants to seed the ocean floor with robotic drones, sensors, or decoys to complete missions that range from rescue to disruption.
New research has linked hearing impairment with metal decline in seniors.
Economist Gareth Morgan is worried that New Zealand’s cats are slowly decimating native bird populations, leaving the country without its natural wildlife.
Taiwanese researchers conducted a small study showing that eating soup from bowls made out of melamine leads to increased melamine concentration in the urine, a chemical that led to poisoning in very high concentrations in babies, killing 6 babies in China in 2008.
Children may be having more trouble paying attention, according to recent findings.
