2016-06-06 Minivan-sized Sponge Found off Hawaii Coast
It might be hard to imagine, but scientists found a sponge the size of a minivan in deep waters near the Hawaiian Islands. The scientists said this sponge is the…
2016-05-23 Artificial Intelligence: Helpful and Dangerous
Computers and other machines have and will continue to change the way people do business and how we live. Many researchers use the term artificial intelligence (AI) to describe the…
2016-05-16 NASA Astronauts Train for Commercial Space Flights
The American space agency and private companies are developing vehicles to take humans into low Earth orbit and even farther into space. A space vehicle system called Crew Space Transportation…
2016-05-16 Solar Cooker Reduces Smoke Pollution Deaths
Solar power technology could help to reduce deaths caused by household pollution. Pollution trapped inside homes and other buildings kills more than 4 million people each year. Most of these…
2016-05-09 Amazing Amazon Hides Atlantic’s Coral Reef
Scientists studying the area where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean were in for a surprise. Under the muddy, dark Amazon River water was a large number of undiscovered…
2016-05-02 Dinosaurs Already Decreasing Before Asteroid Hit
Dinosaurs—those big prehistoric creatures— may have already been decreasing in population long before an asteroid crashed into the Earth, and killed them. Until now, it was thought that an asteroid,…
2016-05-01 Some Birds as Smart as Apes
Using the term “bird brain” is one way to insult another person’s intelligence. That is because a bird’s brain is small. So, anyone with such a bird-sized brain was thought…
2016-04-29 Scientists: Monkeys Used Raft to Cross Ocean
Scientists believe a species of monkeys used a raft to cross 160 kilometers of ocean from South to North America about 21 million years ago. The monkeys are similar to…
2016-04-25 Polio Virus Used to Kill Brain Tumors
Researchers are using the polio virus to fight cancer cells in the brain. A team at Duke University is using a polio virus to infect tumor cells. It sets off…
2016-04-24 Researchers Repair Brain Injuries With New Cells
A group of researchers at Rice University in Texas are learning how to help the brain heal from serious injuries. Brain cells, called neurons, connect with each other through chemical…
2016-04-18 Hawking, Zuckerberg to Search for Life in the Universe
It is one of the oldest questions ever asked: Are we alone or is there other life out in the Universe? Last week, an international team of scientists and businessmen…
2016-04-11 Scientist Fights for Coral Reefs, Makes Science Fun
The language used by scientists to explain complex ideas can be difficult and — well, let’s face it — sometimes boring. The language, with its Latin words and long scientific…
2016-04-04 Scientists Could be Closer to AIDS Cure
Since the start of the deadly AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, scientists have been working towards a cure. Now, they may be close to finding one. Researchers have developed a…
2016-03-28 Scientists Closer to Solving Plain of Jars Mystery
A new group of human remains has been uncovered on the Plain of Jars in Laos. They are believed to date back to the Iron Age, some 2,500 years ago.…
2016-03-22 Four Young People Who Make the World Better
What can technology do to make your world better? Four young people are starting new businesses to answer that question. Mateusz Mach Mateusz Mach, CEO of Five Eighteen-year-old Mateusz Mach…