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Watch A Giant Russian Hovercraft Land On A Crowded Beach
Just out enjoying your day at the beach when, boom, giant military hovercraft. The worst.This 5.5-ton Russian military hovercraft landed on the beach of the Baltic Sea port city Kaliningrad, between...
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Researchers Have Found The Personality Type That's Most Linked To Success And...
Are you a "glass half-full" or a "glass half-empty" kind of person?As it turns out, some people can be both. So-called realistic optimists combine the positive outlook of optimists with the clear-eyed...
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The Truth About Neil Armstrong
James Hansen, a history professor at Auburn University and the trusted biographer of Neil Armstrong in "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong" (Simon & Schuster 2005) contributed this article to...
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Massive Wildfire Threatens To Shut Down Power In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A fast-moving wildfire on the edge of Yosemite National Park has forced the closure of two more areas of the park, but an official said on Saturday he was cautiously...
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Peruvian Archaeologists Use Drones To Spy On Ancient Sites
LIMA (Reuters) - In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect sites from...
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Father Of Weed Science Says Research Limits Are 'Tragic'
JERUSALEM — An award-winning professor of medicinal chemistry and natural products at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Raphael Mechoulam is a trim gentleman who wears tweed jackets and silk...
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Japan's New 'Smart' Rocket Fails To Lift Off [VIDEO]
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first new rocket in 12 years failed to lift off on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to hopes that Japan may be able to take a larger share of the growing, multi-billion...
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New Study Pinpoints How Mercury Gets Into Our Fish
Ocean fish plucked from great depths are packed with more mercury than are their counterparts fished from shallower waters, according to new research from the University of Michigan and the University...
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A Deep-Sea Worm Has Surfaced For The First Time In 140 Years
In 1873, an unknown species of deep-sea worm was dredged up from the bottom of the ocean. Further analysis showed that the animal, collected from almost 3.5 miles (5.5 kilometers) beneath the surface,...
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Giant Telescope Will Be Able To Take The Sharpest Photo Of The Night Sky
An enormous mirror will be cast inside a scorching-hot furnace Saturday (Aug. 24), marking a key milestone in the development of a future telescope that will collect more light than any instrument...
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23 Signs You’re Secretly A Narcissist Masquerading As A Sensitive Introvert
This post originally appeared on Scientific American's Beautiful Minds blog.If I see one more listicle about introversion, I’m going to cry.It started out with the fairly reasonable “31 Unmistakable...
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Physicists Build The Most Accurate Clock Ever
A group of physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, in the U.S. has developed a pair of atomic clocks, which they say are capable of keeping the most precise time ever...
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Incredible Technology Could Bring Animals Back From Extinction
The passenger pigeon, the dodo and the woolly mammoth are just a few of the species wiped off the Earth by changing environments and human activities.Now, advances in biotechnology could enable...
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Scientists Will Announce A 'Major Result' From A Star Study On Wednesday
Astronomers working with the Very Large Telescope in Chile plan to announce a "major result" Wednesday (Aug. 28).The finding relates to research on medium-size stars, scientists said. The results will...
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Scientists Create New Super-Heavy Element 115
Scientists say they've created a handful of atoms of the elusive element 115, which occupies a mysterious corner of the periodic table.The super-heavy element has yet to be officially named, but it is...
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A Scientist Controlled His Colleague's Brain From Across A College Campus
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists said Tuesday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a colleague...
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Water Found On The Moon's Surface Hints At A Mystery Underground Source
Evidence of water spotted on the moon's surface by a sharp-eyed spacecraft likely originated from an unknown source deep in the lunar interior, scientists say.The find — made by NASA's Moon Mineralogy...
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Healthy Foods That Make Your Stomach Feel Miserable
While I recognize that Michael Phelps fueled many an Olympic Gold Medal with his McDonald's-based diet, he appears a notable exception to the general rule that people feel their best and most energetic...
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Study Suggests That Life On Earth Came From Mars
We may all be Martians.Evidence is building that Earth life originated on Mars and was brought to this planet aboard a meteorite, said biochemist Steven Benner of The Westheimer Institute for Science...
View ArticleScientists Have Created The Fastest-Spinning Man-Made Object
Scientists have created a microscopic sphere and set it awhirl at a blistering 600 million rotations per minute.The sphere, which rotates 500,000 times faster than the average washing machine, is the...
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