Developing countries set the highest bar possible yesterday for the U.N. climate change talks, demanding that wealthy countries ante up with new carbon emission targets yet warning them to expect no binding commitments from others in return. [More]
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Scientists in the United States have come up with a tool for automatically analysing digital photographs , making it possible to gauge the extent to which images have been altered or retouched. [More]
Read More »The Whale Song Project (Whale FM)
Help marine researchers answer key questions about how whales communicate [More]
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The key to a happy marriage and a happy life in retirement? According to a recent study, one answer is sex.
Read More »The Future of Deep-Space Exploration
When humankind once again ventures out from Earth's neighborhood, where will we go?
Read More »When You Try to Buy Status, It Can Backfire
The desire for social status is one of the most important factors driving human behavior. Our place on the social hierarchy can determine everything from who we marry to how long we live . However, recent research suggests that some of the things we do to boost our status can backfire: they may make us feel better temporarily but increase the chances we will be stuck with lower status.
Read More »This Way to Mars: How Technologies Borrowed from Robotic Missions Could Deliver Astronauts to Deep Space
In October 2009 a small group of robotic space exploration geeks decided to venture out of our comfort zone and began brainstorming different approaches to flying people into space. We were spurred into action when the Augustine com
Read More »What Is the Future of Knowledge in the Internet Age?
In the December issue of Scientific American, author David Weinberger reports from the frontiers of knowledge. His story " The Machine That Would Predict the Future " explores the promise of the FuturICT project , an attempt to build a computer model of all the social, economic, ecological and scientific factors at play in the world.
Read More »Forget Asteroids Send a Manned Flyby Mission to Venus
Soccer Headings Can Harm Brain
American football and international hockey have gotten hammered for their brutal hits, which can lead to serious brain injury. But soccer players are also getting their heads examined.
Read More »A Brief History of Stephen Hawking: A Video Tribute
In most cases, you need to make a huge donation to have a building named after you.
Read More »Dreams Help Soothe Your Bad Memories
Sleep helps us consolidate our memories. Sleep also helps us learn. During REM sleep, which is the dreaming stage of sleep, the brain stops releasing stress chemicals
Read More »Curiosity Leaves Earth For Mars
[Launch audio: “And liftoff of the Atlas 5 with Curiosity”] [More]
Read More »We Are All T-Pain
To survive in a shaky music industry, singers must become brands. That’s why this one just sold his voice. img.float-left {margin:0px !important;padding:3px !important;width:190px;} "I'm never thinking, What are the kids into today?" says T-Pain.
Read More »Scientists Make the ‘Perfect’ Foam
Physicists working at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, have finally made the perfect foam. Whereas most Dubliners might consider that to be the head on a pint of Guinness, Denis Weaire and his co-workers have a more sophisticated answer. [More]
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