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Some dwarf galaxies in the early universe travelled so fast that their gas was stripped from them, according to a new computer...
Some dwarf galaxies in the early universe travelled so fast that their gas was stripped from them, according to a new computer...
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray. That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a U.S. House of Representatives Science...
Every rocky planet likely develops a liquid-water ocean shortly after forming, suggesting that potentially habitable alien worlds may be common throughout the universe, a prominent scientist...
The percentage of U.S. kids with autism continues to rise, with the latest estimate showing the highest numbers yet.
Though they roam the deep sea around the globe, enigmatic giant squid are all part of the same species, new research...
By Himank Sharma (Reuters) - BlackBerry inventors Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are pairing again to launch a $100 million (66 million pounds) fund to incubate and commercialize quantum science technologies capable of spearheading the next wave of computing. Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEO of BlackBerry in January, 2012, is known for his passion for physics. Last year, he launched the...
By Himank Sharma REUTERS - BlackBerry inventors Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are pairing again to launch a $100 million fund to incubate and commercialize quantum science technologies capable of spearheading the next wave of computing. Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEO of BlackBerry in January, 2012, is known for his passion for physics. Last year, he launched the Quantum-Nano Centre, a...
By Himank Sharma (Reuters) - BlackBerry inventors Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are pairing again to launch a $100 million fund to incubate and commercialize quantum science technologies capable of spearheading the next wave of computing. Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEO of BlackBerry in January, 2012, is known for his passion for physics. Last year, he launched the Quantum-Nano Centre, a...
In addition to its high-end hardware, Samsung’s Galaxy S4 phone comes with a slew of proprietary apps that help improve your health, enhance your photography, control your TV and secure your business data. Though Samsung would certainly like iPhone users to switch platforms for these features, most of them are available in iOS via third-party apps. So before you run to the store to trade in your...
Bushmeat hunting, or the hunting of meat from wild animals, may be transforming the rain forests in Africa.
Fossil footprints could provide a skewed view of how ancient animals — including early human ancestors similar to the famous Lucy fossil — walked, new research...
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is back in action after being sidelined by a computer glitch for the second time in three...
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Three maleo chicks have been hatched at the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo in New York, where keepers recreated the conditions of the birds' bizarre...
BERLIN (AP) — Researchers in Germany said Tuesday they have completed the first high-quality sequencing of a Neanderthal genome and are making it freely available online for other scientists to study.
After a brief winter vacation, NASA's polar ice surveyors are back in...
Male mice are not natural-born fathers. Males that have never mated respond with aggression to chemical signals from newborn mice pups, whereas those that have fathered pups are more nurturing, a new study finds.
Do you hunger for news about the new pope's involvement in clerical child-abuse cases? Or about how he'll deal with other ongoing problems in the Roman Catholic...
An eagle-eyed NASA spacecraft has spotted the tiny craters two moon probes created when they crashed intentionally into the lunar surface last...
In the wake of last month's meteor strike in Russia and a close asteroid flyby on the same day, members of Congress asked NASA, White House and Air Force officials what they're doing to combat the threat of near-Earth asteroids during a hearing today (March 19) on Capitol...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for the establishment of increased protections in two parts of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica at an event held last night (March 18) by The Pew Charitable Trusts at the National Geographic Society in Washington,...
In a recent issue of "Pacific Standard" magazine, Louisa Lombard, an anthropologist at the University of California at Berkeley, described visiting a small town in the Central African Republic where she encountered two men who claimed that their penises had been stolen.
No respect. They get no respect. No matter how many great products some tech companies produce, they just don’t get all the love they deserve from consumers, or from many of my colleagues in the press. As tech journalists and consumers adore Apple, gush about Google and celebrate Samsung, these tech enthusiasts also need to remember seven other innovative companies, all of whom deserve more...
On this day in 2008, molten lava blasted through the summit of Kilauea volcano at 2:58 a.m. Hawaii...
Those unwilling to face the altitude sickness, crevasses and avalanches of Mount Everest can still explore the world's highest mountain from...
BERLIN (AP) — Researchers in Germany have completed the first high-quality sequencing of a Neanderthal genome.