HONOLULU (AP) – A dramatic “firehose” stream of molten lava continued to shoot out of a sea cliff Wednesday on Hawaii Island, splashing into the Pacific Ocean below and exploding upon impact.
The STS-107 crew includes, from the left, Mission Specialist David Brown, Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, and Michael Anderson, Pilot William McCool, and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon.
Forget Atlantis. Scientists have uncovered evidence of an ancient “lost continent” under the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, according to a new study.
The technology to control a computer using only your thoughts has existed for decades. Yet we’ve made limited progress in using it for its original purpose: helping people with severe disabilities to communicate.
Flying bots like quadcopters and gliders have come on in leaps and bounds in recent years, but engineers are still chasing the “holy grail” of aerial robotics: replicating the complex flight of a bat.
An invisible, squishy robotic claw that grabs unsuspecting fish out of the blue is the latest addition to MIT’s collection of weird little soft robots that could one day start swimming, creeping, and slithering among us.
Physicists have drawn up construction plans for a large-scale quantum computer. These super-fast machines promise to revolutionise computing, harnessing the world of quantum mechanics to solve problems that are beyond reach for even the most …
We know the climate is changing, the Earth is warming, and humans are the cause. As a scientist who studies this daily, I know the evidence is compelling and mutually reinforcing.
As Homo sapiens, and our Neanderthal cousins before us, began spreading around the planet from Africa starting tens of thousands of years ago, the waves of migration led to a mixing of DNA among different human populations in various parts of the world …
An international team of researchers from institutions such as the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and Northwest University in China has found the “oldest human ancestor.
Density wave in Saturn’s A ring (at left). Density waves are accumulations of particles at certain distances from the planet. This feature is filled with clumpy perturbations, which researchers informally refer to as “straw.
Venus, Mars and the crescent moon will form a brilliant triangle in the southwestern night sky on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Credit: Starry Night Software.
The system, designed by the Japanese space agency (JAXA) and a fishing net company, should have unfurled a 700-meter (2,300 ft) tether from a space station resupply vehicle that was returning to Earth.
An archaeologist has launched a citizen science project that invites anyone with an Internet connection to help look for evidence of archaeological site looting.
First, you joined the wide, weird world of online dating. Then, your mom joined Tinder, too. And that was a little more weird. Now, even apes are getting into online dating.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have set a new world record in superdense coding, a technique by which electrical particles are communicated, that could have far-reaching implications for internet users and …
The only vehicles that have ever touched the surface of the moon were created by a government. Now private companies from five countries are racing to create a working moon spacecraft.
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ reduced its stake in Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) by 27.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports.
(HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii) – Well before dawn each morning, throngs of tourists from around the world make their way to Maui’s tallest peak, a dormant volcano, to see what Mark Twain called the “sublimest spectacle” he ever witnessed.
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