(Phys.org) —An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina. NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer ...
Space Exploration
May 1, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Two recent contests—one run by the SETI researchers that made the two most recent Pluto moon discoveries and another by an independent group called Uwingu to name an exoplanet—have caused the International ...
There may one day soon be another way to fight those annoying prerecorded phone pitches known as robocalls.
Telecom
Apr 2, 2013
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(AP)—Simon Cowell has taken over television screens and radio airwaves around the world. Now he's taking aim at the Internet.
Internet
Feb 28, 2013
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The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch.
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2013
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A Finnish teenager has smashed the world record -- and probably his phone -- in this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest in Finland.
Other
Aug 19, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Ion Torrent signified its intention to win the $10 million prize that will be given to whoever can sequence the entire genome of 100 people over the age of 100 in just one month's time, by signing up as an entrant ...
Three Russian computer whizzes were crowned the world's top collegiate programmers Thursday, when they clobbered 111 other teams from across the globe to win the 36th annual "Battle of Brains" in Warsaw.
Software
May 17, 2012
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American actor Alan Alda remembers the disappointment of being 11 and asking a teacher about the flame at the end of a candle, only to be brushed off with the answer: "It's oxidation."
Other
Mar 6, 2012
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(AP) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra officials insist it's not "American Idol" meets Mozart.
Internet
Feb 9, 2012
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