Its Visine for space
When you look up on a dark, clear, moonless night, you might just see a faint fuzzy streak cutting across the sky. That’s the Milky Way, called that because it looks like milk has spilled across the sky.
But when you look at it through a telescope, it resolves itself into millions upon [...]

It’s a bird! It’s a, uh, bee! It is, in fact, a helicopter named for a bumble bee – which is what “hummel” means in Rosenheim-born industrial designer Daniel Kocyba’s native German. The small wheels and support of the ‘copter fold up for a flat base, and its rotors swing down against the chassis so [...]

The Dance Of The DNA Solves An Age Old Riddle

For two decades, researchers have been using a growing volume of genetic data to debate whether ancestors of Native Americans emigrated to the New World in one wave or successive waves, or from one ancestral Asian population or a number of different populations.
Now, after painstakingly comparing [...]

Possibly the world’s largest cave passage, Hang Son Doong was discovered in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle by a British caving team.
A British caving team believe they have discovered the world’s largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle. (Pics)

My granddaughter, Dez, and I rarely see eye to eye. But we have a relationship where we are heavily dependant upon each other

I’m a bit like film director Robert Zemeckis who co-wrote the screenplay Back to the Future. I notice those little things that have disappeared, fond memories of my chilldhood, like service stations that [...]

 
The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it?

One reason why the British nurse was denied residency - It could cost the New Zealand government NZ$25,000 to treat obesity-related health problems.
A British nurse was refused permission to live in New Zealand because she weighed 294 pounds, official documents disclosed.

 Kenyan women ban sex
Thousands of Kenyan women are to go on a week-long sex strike in a bid to force an end to the country’s ongoing political bickering.

Refining the Swine Problem

Even if global coverage on the potential swine flu pandemic may be an over-reaction and another sign of media manipulation, it’s clear that the outbreak is still a serious issue (which you can now follow via Google Maps). All things considered, the outbreak seems to be the tip of the proverbial iceberg. [...]

A Very Crafty Caterpillar

Caterpillars of the Great Peacock Moth (Saturnia pyri) are generating quite a buzz lately. A recent study has shown that these giant silkmoth caterpillars are advertising acoustically that they are unpallatable and warn of an upcoming defense strategy.
When disturbed by a would be attacker the caterpillars stridulate by rubbing their mouth parts together, [...]