Oregon State University entomologist George Poiner discovered the fossilized remains of a new species of flower, dubbed Strychnos electri, in a piece of amber he found in an amber mine…
Tech is the key word at New York Toy Fair
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The national history museum in Mettmann, Germany, displays reconstructions of a Neanderthal man and woman. A study says DNA inherited from our Neanderthal ancestors may increase the risk of becoming…
One reason for the high price of artificial breeding in the dairy industry is that a single company, Sexing Technologies, controls more than 90 percent of the sexed-semen market. Sexing…
The University of Colorado’s Julie Comerford discovered her latest two-black hole galaxy – her fourth – using the Hubble Space Telescope and the National Aeronautics Space Administration’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.NASA/CU…
“Teens in our community flock to the library after school and throughout the summer,” Teen Services Manager Becky Van Den Berg said. “Without organized activities, behavior issues arise, disturbing not…
Study raises alarms about how much heat seas are absorbing
Kosuke Morita of Riken Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science points at periodic table of the elements during a press conference in Wako, Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.…
Scientist says that’s where we should be looking for alien life
A charging case for an iPhone 6 sits on a wireless charger, both made by Bezalel, at the Sands Expo during the CES International gadget show in Las Vegas on…
Taylor Taylor, 36, is a documentary filmmaker, musician and political activist. She’s also an emerging star in the world of technology criticism. She’s not paranoid, but she keeps duct tape…
So in 2002 when the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education began planning for a brick-and-mortar campus to centralize its popular natural-resource education programs, Monticello was a good fit. Thirteen…
Two British researchers are suggesting that England’s famous Stonehenge monument may have actually been built in Wales before the monument was moved more than 200 miles away.Courtesy of Robert Whitson…
One day, Mars’ moon Phobos could be circling Earth’s neighbor in the form of a Saturn-like ring. Scientists say Phobos could be torn apart by Mars and form a dust…
Exploration yields results that suggest more to be discovered
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is learning much about the health effects of long-term space travel from astronauts such as Chris Cassidy, who is exercising while aboard the International…
Scanning the aisles takes on a whole new meaning
A new report reveals that Vizio, a top television maker, automatically tracks the viewing habits of Smart TV owners and shares that information with advertisers.The Associated Press A new report…
Scientists say billions of years ago, Mars had a magnetic field that protected its once-thick atmosphere from being stripped away by solar winds. The planet’s magnetic field is now gone,…
