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How fast the universe is growing, how big it is and how old it is all depends on an elusive number known as the Hubble constant that has led astronomers on a merry chase for three-quarters of a century. Mas...

When you consider that only 24 books are produced for every tree felled, it makes sense to spread the love by passing our books onto other people. Mas...

If our actions are determined by prior events, then do we have a choice about anything?or any responsibility for what we do? Mas...

India will send their first mission to the Moon in September. Chandrayaan-1 has been built and will be launched from Indian soil and sent on a mission to study the lunar surface. Mas...

The gradual weakening of the overall magnetic field can take hundreds and even thousands of years. But smaller, more rapid fluctuations within months may leave satellites unprotected and catch scientists off guard, new research finds Mas...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have just done a batch of research that they hope will help turn the worlds roads into cheap collec... Mas...

Powers of Ten is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames. The film depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten. In 1998, Powers of Ten was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being Mas...

Behavioral scientists have begun to unravel the inner workings of trust. Researchers have discovered that surprisingly small factors can matter as much or more than what they say about themselves.We size up someones trustworthiness within milliseconds of meeting them and powerful tendencies prevent Mas...

Even when they are off a lot of appliances eat up amazing amounts of energy. Mas...

When it comes to eeking another fraction of a percentage point of power out of a solar panel, were pretty good at not paying attention. I mean, whats the difference between 40.7% and 40.8% anyway? Generally these efficiency gains arent all that important to the future of the solar economy. Yes, its Mas...

A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimers disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset of AD. Mas...

APOD: Perseid over Vancouver Mas...

THE full moon may cause people to suffer symptoms similar to those of a stroke, experts believe. The number of people treated for mystery numbness and co-ordination loss rises significantly on full-moon nights ? like tonight. Mas...

Heres a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read peoples thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals. Mas...

Biologists have constructed a genetic map of Europe showing the degree of relatedness between its various populations. Mas...