A simple hand-powered, suction-healing pump invented by Danielle Zurovcik, a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may just be the answer to helping people with wounds in developing countries....

Yesterday's spectacular explosion of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökul volcano partly melted the glacier above and not only caused a major flood resulting in the evacuation of seven hundred people, but has also left air passengers stranded across six continents!...

Who would have guessed that the world's largest living land animal - the mighty African elephant, would be scared of the honeybee and flee at the mere sound of this tiny creature!...

Barring a few known species of single-celled bacteria, scientists have maintained that all living organisms need oxygen to survive. Now, some marine biologists believe that they may have discovered a species of metazoa or multi-celled animals, that can survive without O2 !...

The, a for elementary school children enrolled in 3rd to 6th grade, recently announced the winners of this year's challenge. While they came from different parts of the country and ranged from 4th to 6th graders, they all had one thing in common - A great original idea....

Last week, workers at a Gulf of Mexico offshore oil rig received the shock of their lives, when one of their submarines emerged with this astonishingly scary looking creature - One that very few people have ever had a chance to encounter....

After several months of grueling tests and trials, scientists have finally declared a winner in the search for the world's strongest insect -The Onthophagus Taurus, also known as, the male horned dung beetle, an insect that spends its entire life inside cattle dung!...

We humans have learned that bubble baths go a long way in soothing frazzled nerves and helping us relax. Now, a scientist from Harvard University in Cambridge, believes that giving our waters the same treatment, may have a similar effect on our Planet, and help stop or at least slow down global warming....

The folks at Discovery Channel are on the prowl again, looking for the 2010 'America's Top Young Scientist'. Open to all 5th through 8th Graders, the competition is designed to encourage the exploration of science among young kids in America....

Earlier this week, 18-year-old Erica DeBenedictis, a high school student from Albuquerque, NM, walked home with $100,000 USD and top honors at Intel's 2010 Science Challenge, an annual competition that invites high school students to come up with innovative solutions to solve current and future scientific problems....

A cool new technology being developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Corp., promises to revolutionize the way we communicate, play music and games, and browse the web - by turning the human skin to a touchscreen!...

While we have all heard of fleas and dung flies, very few of us have seen them up close - and we mean really up close! The photos were taken by scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner, from Bedford, using a Scanning Electron Microscope, which not only magnifies imags by a million times, but also, builds them up in 3D. In case you are wondering, the picture above is the head of a honey bee!...

If your days seem to be going by faster since the Chilean earthquake, it's probably because they have become a little shorter - by about 1.26 millionth of a second or a little more than a microsecond!...

Most Shuttle missions involve transporting and installing serious equipment like laboratories or repair modules. However, the latest mission flew up something more fun - A seven-windowed lookout, which will allow the scientists to enjoy panoramic views of earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft, while they work....

All of us Earthlings are in for a real treat starting today. Our favorite planet Mars, is going to be just 99mm kilometers away, close enough for us to be able to see, even without a telescope - And, it will remain in that position for a whole week!...

No matter how you look at it, the Blobfish has to be one of the most miserable looking animals you have probably ever encountered. And, it has a reason to be - If the fisherman continue to overfish this glum-looking animal, it will soon disappear forever!...

While we all know that every snowflake is unique, we know very little about the man who discovered and photographed this fact. Surprisingly, it was not a scientist, but a farmer from Vermont, who took the first micro-photograph of a snowflake in 1885, when he just 19 years old....

If you have ever been to Hawaii's Big Island, you may have noticed that it's beaches are covered with black volcanic sand - that's because the Island is home to some of the world's most active volcanoes....

A video camera placed by the World Wildlife Association deep in Indonesia's Sumatran Jungle recently managed to capture the first known pictures of rare Sumatran tigers roaming in the wild....

A team of Taiwanese marine biologists recently revealed the discovery of a new species of crab - one that resembles a strawberry so much, that it has been clumped with the family of crabs known as 'Strawberry Crabs'....

The night before the beginning of a New Year is always special. However, tonight is even more so, as the skies will be lit up by a full moon - the 13th one of the year and the second one this month - An event that occurs so rarely that it is called a 'Blue' moon....

While we have always known about the beautiful creatures that inhabit our oceans, they have usually been seen only by divers and marine scientists, brave enough to venture into the deep seas. However, now thanks to advanced cameras, they are able to share their discoveries with the rest of the world...

The fact that the octopus is an intelligent animal has been known for quite some time now - The eight-legged creature has been observed to maneuver through mazes, have a memory for past events and even try escape from its tanks....

November 6th was a typical chilly, fall morning in Springville, New York. The cold blustery winds whipped our faces, but we did not care - For we, were about to witness the test of an exciting experiment - the launch of a stratosphere balloon!...