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Think you live on caffeine? You're still no match for a newly described bitty bacteria called Pseudomonas putida CBB5

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine As Earth's biggest "ear" on the Universe, the giant 305-meter radio dish at Arecibo , Puerto Rico, has played a part in groundbreaking discoveries, searches for alien civilizations and the occasional Holly

A network of citizen scientists across the U.S. who monitor plants as the seasons change [More]

BOSTON--Score one for the little guys. After years of obscurity in the corners of distant planetary systems smaller exoplanets are finally shuffling into the spotlight.

Gazelle have polygynous mating habits.

The tornado that plowed a wide swath of death and destruction through Joplin, Mo., on Sunday unleashed winds of up to 198 miles per hour, federal forecasters said yesterday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's preliminary analysis ranks the twister as an F4, the second-highest rating on the five-point scale used to classify tornadoes. [More]

By Michael Holden and Omar Valdimarsson LONDON/REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An ash cloud from a volcano on Iceland shut down flights in northern Britain and elsewhere in north Europe on Tuesday and was heading to Germany, but officials expected no repeat of last year's air chaos.

By Barbara Casassus of Nature magazine Variable energy sources such as wind and solar power could provide 19-63% of required electricity in many countries if the technical and market hurdles are overcome, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). [More]

Arthur Stanley Eddington was an interesting fellow.

Guam is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles, and even our USC students were up early (or at least on time) for our first morning in Micronesia. After a generous and very international buffet breakfast in the Hilton we walked out into intermittent squalls and boarded our charter bus to the Guam Department of Agriculture. There we were met by Dave Ginsburg’s long-time friend and colleague, Brent Tibbatts of the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources.

With age and enough experience, we all become connoisseurs of a sort.

Women may have a more subtle way of telling men “no” than anyone imagined. Chemical cues in their tears signal that they are not interested in romantic ac

In the beginning, Web site owners posted words and pictures on their pages. Today we refer to that primitive time as Web 1.0.

You can substantially improve your chances of spending your money wisely if you consult your fellow customers first--by checking into a crowdsourced review site like TripAdvisor (vacation spots and hotels), Yelp (restaurants), IMDB or RottenTomatoes (movies), Edmunds (cars), Angie's List (contractors), Amazon (books) and so on.

Key concepts Cardiovascular system [More]