The creator of SpaceShipOne, the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space, traveled to New York to show detailed models of the bigger SpaceShipTwo and its carrier airplane, WhiteKnightTwo. picked by willster09 4 months ago

These Lemurs are bad news. picked by MissWinkle 4 months ago

An almost complete human skull fossil that could date back 100,000 years has been unearthed in China, state media said on Wednesday, hailing it as the greatest discovery since Peking Man. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Legions of tiny black holes created during the big bang may lurk at the centre of the galaxy, creating a prodigious antimatter factory, a new study suggests. The work could explain where the Milky Way's antimatter comes from – one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Perched on a rock, she could be waiting for a bus.
But if so, she could be in for an awfully long wait.
This photo of what looks remarkably like a female figure with her arm outstretched, was taken on Mars. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that makes the sun's atmosphere strangely hundreds of times hotter than its already superhot surface. The magnetic waves — called Alfven waves — can carry enough energy from the sun's active surface to heat its atmosphere, or corona. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The original Human Genome Project mapped the DNA from one person and took 13 years to complete. Today the 1000 Genome Project was announced - a plan to map the differences between individual humans that will give an insight into the physiological differences between us, and genetic diseases too. It is expected to take 3 years. picked by Pocksucket 4 months ago

The vessel was equipped with air tanks that could be flooded, like a submarine, to help it dive. picked by willster09 4 months ago

Is it possible that we will see this done for humans in our life times? picked by mybrotherskeeper 4 months ago

...after he was accidentally packed in a suitcase. picked by MandolinOrange 4 months ago

Tests on rats shows that long-term pain can be eradicated for three months at a time using genetically-modified viruses, reducing (or eliminating) the need for drugs.

Side note: have these scientists seen I Am Legend? picked by TheStep 4 months ago

The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2000 years ago (325BC) and remains active. Using airborne ice-sounding radar, scientists discovered a layer of ash produced by a ‘subglacial’ volcano. It extends across an a... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

I have personally reviewed each and every title and I could go into a short synopsis of each, but I'm too frightened and laughing too hard to get past the titles.

(and as you guessed....NSFW!!!) picked by craziesean 4 months ago

It's no secret culture influences your food preferences and taste in music. But now scientists say it impacts the hard-wiring of your brain. New research shows that people from different cultures use their brains differently to solve basic perceptual tasks. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

There could be enough computing ability in just one brain cell to allow humans and animals to feel, a study suggests. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A single black hole can contain more disorder than all the stars in the universe put together. A new study may explain why, by connecting them to chaotic distortions in the fabric of space-time known as "monsters". picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

There comes a point with dogs when you wonder whether it's time to stop giving them sticks to play with and start throwing a saddle on them and riding them like ponies. picked by MissWinkle 4 months ago

Two old stars appear to be gearing up for a second generation of planet formation, a phenomenon astronomers say they have never seen before. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A cargo ship pulled by a giant, parachute-shaped kite will leave Germany on Tuesday on a voyage that could herald a new "green" age of commercial sailing on the high seas. picked by tigertony 4 months ago

If you're a woman and you consume more than 2 cups of coffee every day, you're twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage. picked by tundramonkey 4 months ago

The first Monday of the last full week of January is known as Blue Monday - the Most Depressing Day Of The Year*, partly due to post-Christmas debt and partly due to the weather.

*At least in the Northern Hemisphere picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

It depends on the art on the wall picked by tigertony 4 months ago

NSFW. picked by suckersklub 4 months ago

Gulp. picked by glik 4 months ago

Now that surgeons have operated on Stacey Gayle's brain, her favorite musician no longer makes her ill.
(Still makes most people ill though) picked by MandolinOrange 4 months ago