Need A New Shirt? Spray It OnImagine if you could wear a new shirt to school every morning and even better - it is a one-of-a-kind creation. Think that's just a pipe dream? Not if Spanish designer Manel Torres has his way, with his new line of spray-on clothing....
Read news articleWant A Snow Day? 'Hole Punch' A Cloud!Clouds with oddly shaped holes or hole punches, ones that look like UFO's have crashed through them, have bemused public and experts alike, for many decades. While known to occur when turboprop and jet airplanes zip through certain clouds, the cause behind the gaping hole remained an enigma, until now....
Read news articleMind-Reading Machine Almost A RealityA group of scientists at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, recently revealed that they may be really close to perfecting a machine that helps translate brain signals into words, a significant breakthrough that will allow severely paralyzed people to be able to communicate their thoughts clearly....
Read news articleThe Mighty Elephant Is Afraid Of . . . . Ants?First it was bees, not it turns out that the world's largest land animal - the African elephant, may be afraid of an even smaller insect - the tiny ant!...
Read news articleStunning Sunspot Image Captured By Solar TelescopeIf you have ever wondered how the sunflower got its name, herein may lie the answer - This beautiful picture that so resembles the flower in full bloom, is actually an image of a sunspot - the most detailed one ever captured in visible light....
Read news articleWill The 'Swindon Super Bee' Save Our Honeybees?For the last two decades, scientists all over the world have been scratching their brains, trying to figure out why honeybees have been dying. The problem, referred to as colony collapse disorder, is so severe that they have even resorted to fitting the bees with microchips to figure out what is going on....
Read news articleGluttonous Microbes Devour Gulf OilNot too long ago it seemed that the Gulf oil spill nightmare would never end - All of BP's efforts to stop the leak kept failing and even after they succeeded, experts fretted about the clean-up and the impact on the region's wildlife. Now, it seems nature has joined us in our clean-up efforts in the form of a gluttonous oil-eating bacteria....
Read news articleJapanese Spacecraft May Unlock Mysteries Of Earth's 'Evil Twin' - VenusVenus, the brightest natural object in our skies is aptly named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. However, behind the exquisite twinkle, lies an environment so hostile that the planet is often referred to as Earth's evil twin!...
Read news articleNao, An Emotional RobotWhile Robots have been programmed to perform all kinds of human chores, they still act like - well robots, until Nao, the first robot that has been designed to feel and project human emotions like love, fear and sorrow....
Read news articleAre You Ready To Be Dazzled By Nature's Spectacular Show?While the Perseid showers provide a dazzling meteor show every August, this year's event is expected to be spectacular thanks to a new moon, which will provide the perfect viewing conditions....
Read news articleCan't Shake That Tune From Your Mind? Blame It On The Earworm!The next time you irritate your family or friends by humming the same tune over and over and over, you can blame it on that pesky earworm that's slithered into your brain....
Read news articleCan Plants 'Remember' And 'React' Like Humans?A team of Scientists led by Professor Karpinski at Warsaw's University of Life Sciences recently revealed that they had conducted tests, which proved plants can remember and process information, just like human beings....
Read news articleThe World's Biggest Commuter Is - A Tiny Seabird!While almost all birds migrate between seasons, few take it as seriously as the Arctic Tern, a small seabird that flies a distance of between 70,000 - 81,600 km annually, from its breeding grounds in the Arctic to its winter home in the Antarctic....
Read news articleSolar-Powered Plane Keeps Going And Going And . . .Just like the Energizer Bunny, the Zephyr keeps going and going. However, this unmanned aircraft is not powered by an Energizer battery but, by Solar Power!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Can You Spot The Gorilla?Nobel Prize winning psychologists, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons had a theory - They believed that humans focus only on things they want to - sometimes missing the most obvious stuff going on around them....
Read news articleRare Primate Caught On Camera For the First TimeIt took the researchers from the Zoological Society of London, 200 hours to find this elusive creature, but in the end, it was well-worth it! For they managed to do what nobody else has every done before - take amazing pictures of the Horton Plains Slender Loris, last seen in 1939 and thought to be long extinct!...
Read news articleBrain Myths (And Facts)!The next time you are asked to swap that computer game for a crossword puzzle, remind your parents that according to really smart scientists, the former will be more effective in making your brain 'smarter'!...
Read news articleHibiki Kono A.K.A SpiderboyLike most young boys, 13-year old Hibiki Kono always dreamt about scaling walls like his favorite Superhero, Spiderman - So, when the opportunity arose, he decided to invent his own wall climbing machine....
Read news articleDeciphered! -The Secret Language Of OrangutansThe next time you see an Orangutan gesturing or even throwing something at you, chances are that it is not doing it without plan, but actually trying to tell you something....
Read news articleCalifornia 7th-Graders Uncover Martian CaveA 7th-Grade class from California's Evergreen Middle School made an exciting discovery last week - A hitherto unnoticed cave on the Mars, that experts believe may be as big as, 620X 520ft. wide and 380ft. deep....
Read news articleYay - It's The First Day Of Summer!While school may have been out for a few weeks - today, June 21st, officially marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the year for people living in the Northern Hemisphere....
Read news articleDiana Eng's 'FairyTale' FashionsWhile designer creations are often described as 'magical' very few fit the description as aptly as those created by Diana Eng, who integrates her knowledge of math, science and fashion to turn 'make believe into reality'...
Read news articleJapan Launches Solar-Powered SpacecraftOn May 21st, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), successfully launched the first solar-powered spacecraft. The kite-shaped space yacht that was attached to a meteorological satellite launched to observe weather patterns around Venus, is expected to travel to the other side of the sun and remain in orbit for three years....
Read news articleVolunteers Prepare For 520 Day, Mars500 ExperimentOn June 3rd, six of these men will make their way into a sealed five-capsule, 1,000sq.ft. metal unit, where they will spend the next 520 days. The seventh person, a back-up will get to go only if one of the core six has to back out for any reason....
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