Clearest indication yet that polar ice sheets are melting fast
Melting polar ice has added 11.1mm (0.43") to global sea levels in two decades.
Melting polar ice has added 11.1mm (0.43") to global sea levels in two decades.
Lack of peer review makes findings less credible, more awesome.
Lower court ruled that genes can be patented once isolated from the body.
For this model brain, architecture matters more than sheer numbers.
But Democratic opposition will almost surely stop the bill in the Senate.
Discovery by ROM manufacturer Macronix could defeat flash's greatest weakness.
Solid-fuel rocket is intended for launching satellites and space probes.
Insect mimicry goes back to the Jurassic.
Polar region holds material left over from the early days of the solar system.
A biologist investigates old illustrations to find new data about bugs.
Korean researchers give silver nanoparticles the bends.
Although a few projects are going forward, the tech remains stuck in neutral.
65 million years of Earth's history suggest we're in uncharted territory.
Hundreds of lunar samples lurk around the planet; we don't know where most are.
Violates established relationship between black holes, galactic bulges masses.
Key areas of comatose brains lose ability to coordinate activities.
Some plankton caught in Southern Ocean show signs of dissolution.
GigaPan provides nutritious eye candy for the classroom and the curious.
Salty, ice covered lake may help us model life elsewhere in the Solar System.
Tracking the evolution of galaxy clusters to pin down dark energy.
Not the only gene that separates us from other apes, but an interesting one.
The cost: a lingering, symptomless viral infection.
At high enough temperatures, the oxides form a metal-like liquid, too.
Deciding sex in the animal kingdom isn't always straightforward.
Dwarf planet is a mishmash of features shared with Pluto, Eris, and Haumea
Telcos lobby for drastic change, think content networks getting a free ride.
The theology behind a battle over RFID tags.
And how they nearly got fired for it.
Kansas City (KS and MO) are using gigabit speeds to put their cities on the map.