A trip to Mars is a lifetime dream — and excellent reality TV
Maggie Lieu is gunning for a one-way ticket off this planet. The 24-year-old is in competition for a spot on Mars One, a proposed mission to Mars sponsored by a Dutch non-profit — that also has its own...
View ArticleForget the floating Pacific garbage patch — new trash entering the oceans is...
There are anywhere from five to 13 million metric tons of plastic floating around the world's oceans — from 2010 alone. And that's not even the worst news coming out of a new environmental study.That...
View ArticleWhat's in a dog breed? Less than you might think
If you think those "perfect" pooches at dog shows are the shining examples of their breeds, think again.A massive study of more than 80,000 individual dogs reveals there's actually a lot of behavioral...
View ArticleHow the warming Arctic might be behind Boston's deep freeze
A strange thing happened here in Boston over the weekend: The temperature got above freezing.The massive dumps of snow here this winter have been bad enough, but it's the cold that's really done us in,...
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Smitten with smut: US and Canadian farmers dread corn smut, but it's a hit in...
An unsightly fungal disease called corn smut strikes fear in the hearts of American and Canadian farmers. When it appears as fleshy, grayish galls on cobs, it can cause, in some cases, a 20 percent...
View ArticleThe FCC prepares for its historic net neutrality vote
Should all Internet traffic be treated equally? That's the question before the Federal Communications Commission this week as they prepare for a historic vote on net neutrality.But net neutrality isn't...
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Who built this mystery tunnel underneath Toronto?
Sound proof walls, moisture resistant light bulbs and a portable generator: Those are just some of the things that Canadian police discovered inside a mysterious underground tunnel in Toronto.A...
View ArticleThe drone mystery of Paris reveals at least one thing: Parisians love drones
Paris woke up to a mystery today. On Monday night, at least five drones — the kind you can buy at a store, not the military variety — were spotted flying above Paris landmarks like the Eiffel Tower....
View ArticleBilingual babies practice lip-reading long before monolingual counterparts
Babies raised in bilingual households spend significantly more time watching the mouth of the person speaking to them than their monolingual counterparts, according to a new study.David Lewkowicz, a...
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Want to know if the mall is crowded? That's just one of the promises of...
Do you remember how you got around before there was Google Maps? Did you rely on printouts from MapQuest? Maybe you were still using free printed maps from AAA?February marks the 10-year anniversary of...
View ArticlePresident Obama's veto isn't the end of the Keystone XL story
President Barack Obama this week made good on his longstanding promise to veto a bill mandating the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the US. But the action is far from the...
View ArticleYour vacation photos might actually help save the world's biggest fish
The next time someone tells you to stop posting vacation pictures on Facebook, set them straight: Scientists are now using images from social media sites to help identify and track wildlife...
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Here's what you can do with a whimsical idea and a whole lot of leg power
Here are three words to strike fear into your heart: Human. Powered. Helicopter.And by “powered,” I don’t mean a foot on the gas pedal. I mean if you stop pedaling, it falls. The only "power" in this...
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What a frozen day at the beach looks like when the waves turn to slush
You've arrived in Nantucket for your big international surfing adventure in New England. Okay, it's no Hawaii, but the waves are good.Except, of course, when it's February, freezing and the waves have...
View ArticleThe worst droughts in 1,000 years may be on the horizon for the American West
If you think the current drought in California is bad, take a look at what some scientists predict for the second half of this century. A new study published in the online journal "Science Advances"...
View ArticleWhat does HR look like in the office of the future
Imagine the office of the future. Everyone’s at standing desks, manipulating their workflow like the cops in Minority Report. The whole thing probably looks a lot like the inside of an Apple store....
View ArticleKeystone XL opponents find the FBI at their doors
Last week, President Barack Obama vetoed legislation that would have authorized the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, putting the controversy to rest — for now.The pipeline, which would have...
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How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America
Most Americans know the name of the first black player in professional baseball — Jackie Robinson. But how about the first black professional in the US space program? That was Julius Montgomery. He was...
View ArticleFire and lava light up the skies of southern Chile after volcano Villarrica...
Villarrica is an active volcano, and it made its presence known in southern Chile early Tuesday morning.Fire and ash shot out of the volcano, reaching heights of 3,300 feet. More than 3,000 people have...
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Have archaeologists discovered the 'Lost City of the Monkey God?'
Archaeologists have just completed the first ground exploration of the ruins of a previously unknown city deep in the tropical rainforest of Honduras.“The team was led to the remote, uninhabited region...
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