science.nasa.gov - Sept. 5, 2008: Next April, for a grand total of 8 minutes, NASA astronomers are going to glimpse a secret layer of the sun. Researchers call it "the transition region." ... (Read More)

www.sciencedaily.com - Anew study at Oregon State University has finally resolved a controversythat cellular biologists have been arguing over for nearly 50 years,with findings that may aid research on everything from birth defectsand genetic diseases to the most classic "... (Read More)

science.howstuffworks.com - Peoplehave been searching for clean alternative energy sources for decades tono avail. As soon as one source seems to pass the test, someoneuncovers its fatal flaw. Nuclear, wind,solar and hydropower have all been dragged through the mud to som... (Read More)

www.sciencenews.org - Mathematicians create videos that help in visualizing four-dimensional objects Three dimensions can be so limiting. Thereis the minor difficulty that our nervous systems are only equipped toconjure images in three dimensions. But that doesn’t s... (Read More)

www.dailygalaxy.com - This isn't a scene from "Hellraiser XXV: Dear God The Franchise IsStill Going", but a major breakthrough in medical technology. With the ability to grow blood in bulk we might never have to sitthrough another "Please please give blood" ad ever a... (Read More)

www.exploratorium.edu - What makes us human—and how did we get this way? Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? shows how different forms of evidence come together to tell the story of human origins. En español. For most... (Read More)

www.spiegel.de - clipped from: www.spiegel.de    Traces of a dinosaur found a German quarry suggest the creatures may have been 15 million years older than previously believed. Buta new find in a limestone quarry located in the eastern German state... (Read More)

www.sciencedaily.com - In the world of alternative fuels, there may be nothing greener than pond scum. Algaeare tiny biological factories that use photosynthesis to transformcarbon dioxide and sunlight into energy so efficiently that they candouble their weight severa... (Read More)

www.sciencedaily.com - Anew study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital &Research Center Oakland shows that a century-old drug, methylene blue,may be able to slow or even cure Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Usedat a very low concentration – about... (Read More)

www.guardian.co.uk - Thehuman brain could become a battlefield in future wars, a new reportpredicts, including 'pharmacological land mines' and drones directed bymind control Rapidadvances in neuroscience could have a dramatic impact on nationalsecurity and the ... (Read More)