If it were the end of the world as we know it, we'd be fine, according to Michigan Technological University professor Joshua Pearce.
Other
Nov 20, 2014
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Scientists traveled to a town near the top of the world to study a creature at the bottom of the marine food chain—microscopic sea ice algae. Welcome to Barrow, Alaska, where a team of marine ecologists gears up to hit ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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Australia's Mopra telescope, nestled in NSW's Warrumbungle National Park, is earmarked for closure in a year thanks to CSIRO funding cuts. But this one-of-a-kind telescope is well worth saving.
Astronomy
Nov 20, 2014
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A supernova that signals the death of a massive star sends titanic shock waves rumbling through interstellar space. An ultra-dense neutron star is usually left behind, which is far from dead, as it spews out a blizzard of ...
Astronomy
Nov 20, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers spent four decades studying a group of mathematically talented adolescents, finding that by mid-life they were extraordinarily accomplished and enjoyed a high level of life satisfaction.
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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These maps are made for talking. And touching. And they're beautiful, too.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 20, 2014
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With the Philae lander's mission complete, Rosetta will now continue its own extraordinary exploration, orbiting Comet 67P/Churymov–Gerasimenko during the coming year as the enigmatic body arcs ever closer to our Sun.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2014
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Current and former intelligence officials say dissenters within the National Security Agency warned in 2009 that secretly collecting American phone records wasn't providing enough intelligence to justify the backlash it would ...
Security
Nov 20, 2014
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A coalition of human rights and technology groups including Amnesty International on Thursday launched new software to allow journalists and activists to check if their computers are being spied on.
Internet
Nov 20, 2014
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Forget colonies in space, one Japanese construction company says in the future human beings could live in huge complexes that corkscrew deep into the ocean.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 20, 2014
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