James Paladino
The diminutive Greater wax moth, otherwise known as Galleria mellonella, may be the key to crafting the ultrasonic sound transmitters and receivers of the future, according to a team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde.
Thanks to researchers at the University of Manchester and the National University of Singapore, a splash of paint may both add a decorative flair to a building, and generate power.
Along Misquamicut State Beach in Rhode Island, a twenty-eight foot-long dead basking shark settled on the sandy coastline.
Britain has never been known for its diversity of "big cats," but tales of native feral felines have circulated among residents of the isle for decades nonetheless. Common knowledge suggests that the big cats which roam the nation were let loose upon the wild as a result of the 1976 Wild Animals Act, which outlawed the ownership of potentially dangerous pets. Yet, researchers from the University of Southampton recently reassessed the remains of a Eurasian lynx in the basement of a British museum, only to find that the breed had been wrongly identified.
Artists often suggest that anything which exists in our imagination is real, that ideas are as tangible as the computer screen you are reading off of right now. In the case of "fairyflies," parasitic breeds of wasps which measure 0.005 inches long at their very tiniest, scientists have breathed life into the concept in a strikingly literal way
A team of scientists at Mount Sinai Medical Center have discovered a positive correlation between cancer rates and exposure to World Trade Center debris
As the theory of global warming continues to incite intense debate between clean energy activists and vanguards entrenched industries, a group of scientists have embarked on a study to set the facts straight. Using a recreation of weather patterns "for seven continental-scale regions during the past one to two millennia," the team discovered a thread of long-term cooling, which illustrated "generally cold conditions" from AD 1580 to 1880.
Bill NyeThis afternoon, President Barack Obama welcomed over 100 students into the White House Science Fair, a celebration of tomorrow's leaders and today's makers. Accompanied by special guests Bill Nye and LaVar Burton, of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' fame, Obama used the event to champion the administration's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiative. Burton and Nye even took to Twitter Vine to promote the event in the White House's very first post using the service.
Multiple suspects have engaged in a gunfight with authorities in Watertown, Massachusetts, ignited by the murder of a MIT campus police officer.
Authorities engaged in a manhunt for the assailants, who were reportedly equipped with grenades, allegedly threw explosives from their vehicle during the skirmish, which is still developing, according to WCVB.
On Monday, South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson endorsed marriage equality on his official website, staking a claim on progressive social policy
Last fall, an eight-week old motherless sea otter was spotted wandering alongside a tarmac road in Homer, Alaska.
A new era of gaming begins this fall, but for now the Xbox 360 dynasty continues to tighten its grip on consumers as Microsoft's console dominates the living rooms of almost half of all console owners, according to the NPD Group's January report
George Lucas may have cut ties with Star Wars when he sold the franchise to Disney in October, but the infamous director now plans to tie another knot with his girlfriend turned fiancé, Mellody Hobson.
Miss Universe 2012 has come to a close, but a considerable amount of preparation goes into pulling off such an extravagant event, requiring contestants to take part in months of physical conditioning
The man behind CSI, Anthony Zuiker, has broken his nuptial ties with former wife Jennifer in preparation for his next marriage with a pre-school teacher named Michelle Territo, according to TMZ.
