Scientists has identified a new likely source of a spike in atmospheric methane coming out of the North during the end of the last ice age. Methane bubbling from arctic lakes could have been responsible for up to 87 percent of that methane spike. The findings could help scientists understand how current warming might affect atmospheric levels of methane, a gas that is thought to contribute to clim... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Antimatter, which annihilates matter upon contact, seems to be rare in the universe. Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from. The mysterious source of this antimatter has now been discovered -- stars getting ripped apart by neutron stars and black holes. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Scientists in California have uncovered the best evidence yet that cosmic dust in the early universe mostly came from the explosions of giant stars. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A plethora of latest results from the Hinode solar observatory contains a wealth of new discoveries. This includes the discovery of a source of the slow solar wind and the observation of a superhot micro flare. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

You can hear the sound of racists crying the world over. wait, half of them won't understand anyway and the other half are too pig-headed to care. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

"The watermarks are unique to each device and will make it possible for investigators to identify the source of pirated videos." picked by Cristian 2 years ago

Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best Mac software that we know of. picked by Johnny21J 2 years ago

Google has announced that they will soon be coming out with their own browser named, "Chrome". It will be open source and will have a number of features which may allow it to compete with FF, IE, and similar. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Pligg is an open source digg-clone. Pligg is free software and is based on PHP/MySQL and seems quite popular. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

"Reading this, your body at rest is emitting about 100 watts into the environment. If you're sitting in an open plan office, count the number of surrounding colleagues and you don't need to be a maths genius to appreciate the possibilities of tapping into all that wasted energy. Instead it could provide a renewable energy source to power office lighting or laptops - and it may be possible ... read full post picked by Jetka 8 months ago

String theory contest winners announced picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Neuros Technology International, creator of a new video recorder, is providing full documentation of the hardware platform for its recorder, the Neuros OSD (for open source device), so that skilled users can customize or “hack” the device — and then pass along the improvements to others. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago