The 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, the world’s premier space event, will take place in Toronto, Canada from September 29 to October 3, 2014 at the award-winning Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Read More »
Greek researchers from the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), have taken a swimming robot to the ocean waves for the first time. The robot, developed as part of the European Commission funded OCTOPUS program, can swim using an octopus-style sculling motion, and can also move across the ocean floor, albeit slowly. Read More »
After a difficult search, scientists have found definitive traces of water on a relatively small exoplanet for the first time. The exoplanet in question, HAT-P-11b, is the size of Neptune and has copious amounts of both water vapor and hydrogen in its atmosphere. Read More »
After being left out of NASA contracts to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, Sierra Nevada Corp. said Friday it has filed a protest asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the space agency’s $6.8 billion award to Boeing and SpaceX. Read More »
Scientists from the University of Manchester have urged environmentalist scientists to broaden the advice they give on global climate change. Read More »
Researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered a way to hide large objects from sight using inexpensive and readily available lenses, a technology that seems to have sprung from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series. Read More »
Scientists have taken a look at the most comprehensive family tree of meat-eating dinosaurs to date. Now, they’re using this family tree to uncover key details of how birds evolved from these prehistoric terrors, examining feathers, wings and wishbones. Read More »
Police in Espanola, New Mexico are catching more than just criminals. They are catching images of what they believe are ghosts on surveillance cameras at the police department. Read More »
Half of the water on Earth may be a million years older than the solar system, according to a new study. Read More »
A POD of killer whales have been filmed for the first time hunting and killing a TIGER SHARK. Read More »
U.S. Geological Survey scientists continue to monitor the Mammoth Lakes area where a swarm of some 500 smaller magnitude quakes have rocked the area around Mammoth Airport. Scientists say the swarm poses no immediate danger. Read More »
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