Apr 25 2008
New images taken by the Hubble space telescope show galaxies spinning, sliding and smashing into each nother, wreaking stellar destruction that will give birth to new and larger galaxies.
Apr 23 2008
A female fish which hasn’t had full sex for at least 70,000 years is baffling scientists.
Apr 18 2008
Photographs of the ‘Tree People’ by George Steinmetz.
Apr 18 2008
In the wake of centuries of effort to seek deep connections between music and mathematics, a team today concludes that music does have geometry.
Apr 17 2008
Astronauts who spend too much time in space may be at risk of premature ageing and cancer, research suggests.
Apr 17 2008
The Chinese authorities have detained a high-profile Tibetan television reporter who is also a popular singer, suggesting that the government crackdown following the disturbances in and around Tibet has yet to run its course.
Apr 16 2008
Three days after stealing a rare collection of coins, a thief in Germany took them to the bank for safe keeping — and delivered them into the hands of the man he had robbed.
Apr 12 2008
Evolution isn’t perfect. Just as the Kennedy family can produce a Ted, some noble species go down the wrong genetic path and what used to be the Tyrannosaurus Rex can wind up as a modern chicken.
Apr 12 2008
Melting ice in southern Chile caused a glacial lake to swell and then empty suddenly, sending a “tsunami” rolling through a river, a scientist said Thursday.
Apr 11 2008
THE family of a man allegedly killed with a single punch has placed an Aboriginal curse on the person accused of the crime - pointing a bone at him in court.