New NOAA data shows more than 15,000 weather records set in March
More than 15,000 weather records were set across the United States in March, according to newly-released figures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.All 50 states set daily...
View ArticleIndian man, separated from his family at age 5, uses Google Earth to find his...
India’s trains are notoriously chaotic and confusing.They certainly were for Saroo Brierly. Some 25 years ago, he and his brother boarded a train in India searching for lost coins or other valuables.He...
View ArticleEthanol: Off the radar, but bigger than ever
In 2007, ethanol was touted as an answer to America's growing energy needs. Today the gasoline alternative is rarely mentioned.But not because it's not being used in great amount. The hype is gone, but...
View ArticleEurope preparing for most detailed examination of the sun to date
The sun is the Earth's closest star. It dictates time, temperature, and all manors of apparent and hidden aspects of life for us. But what do we really know about earth’s closest star? We know it’s...
View ArticleDomestic drones could enhance surveillance but infringe on privacy
Unmanned aerial vehicles may soon become a common fixture in American skies.As part of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, signed into law by President Barack Obama in February, the Federal...
View ArticleSpaceX rocket launch marks the beginning of the private era in space
The United States, Russia, Japan, the European Union and SpaceX could very soon all be members of a very exclusive club.If all goes smoothly over the next few days, each entity will have successfully,...
View ArticleScandinavian countries are attractive sites for 'server farms'
Got a bunch of computer server you're looking to run? Look at Norway.The Scandanavian countries of Norway, Sweden and others are becoming increasingly popular for location of server farms. It's not...
View ArticleOnce-in-a-century Transit of Venus will show off planet moving across Sun
It’s now or never for astronomers of all stripes to watch the planet Venus crawl for about six hours across the face of the sun.That’s something that won’t happen again for another 105 years.It’s...
View ArticleBook recalls life of man who, more than anyone, gives us the images we know...
Probably each of us can call to mind a clear image of many dinosaurs.That’s surprising, since no human ever set eyes on one. No cameras caught their image on film.The images that we have derive largely...
View ArticleScientist discover evidence of Neanderthals being responsible for early cave...
Ancient cave paintings have a way of connecting us to our past as a species.The art offers a glimpse of how our early ancestors thought and lived, and it’s hard not to wonder who made the paintings.A...
View ArticlePhysicists anxiously await 'God particle' announcement from CERN
Physicists and science-fiction geeks around the the world are waiting in anticipation for an announcement early Wednesday morning U.S. time from scientists in Switzerland on what they hope will be a...
View ArticleAs machines replace workers, middle class struggles to keep up
The cyclical relationship between jobs and technology has long helped shape the world's modern economy. New technologies replace workers, who then find new jobs in another sector created by a different...
View ArticleCanada's budget cuts imperil important environmental research area
Hundreds of scientists in white lab coats took to the streets this week in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.The scientists and their supporters marched outside Parliament, chanting, “No science. No...
View ArticleDNA study finds first Americans arrived in waves
Geneticists have discovered the earliest Americans arrived on the continent in three separate waves, refuting the longstanding belief in a one-time migration across the Bering Strait.The discovery adds...
View ArticleEuropean consortium planning huge telescope for Chilean desert
The sophisticated telescopes at the Paranal Observatory are located in the vast Atacama Desert, which stretches some 600 miles along Chile’s Pacific Coast and is said to be the driest desert in the...
View ArticleMeet Sjakie, the baby sloth saved by a child's teddy bear
A baby sloth, named Sjakie, needs a teddy bear to survive after its mother wasn’t producing enough milk.Sloths have claws, and in order to feed they need something to hang onto. It's a reflex, said...
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First American woman in space, Sally Ride dies
Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel in space, will be remembered as someone who broke the glass ceiling for women everywhere.She died Monday at her home in San Diego at the age of 61 after...
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VIDEO: NASA lands Curiosity rover on Mars surface
NASA was on the minds of America Monday morning.According to Trend data from Google, NASA was the hottest search as of Monday morning. And well it should be. Overnight Sunday into Monday morning, the...
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Meet the NASA scientist responsible for overseeing Curiosity's successful...
Miguel San Martin remembers exactly when he decided he wanted to be a space engineer.“It was on a cold winter’s night in 1976, looking up at the sky at my parent’s farm while I listened to the BBC on...
View Article'Mohawk guy' becomes the new face of NASA
NASA reached an historic milestone last week, successfully landing the rover Curiosity on the face of Mars.Within hours, Curiosity was sending back pictures of the red planet, and making waves across...
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