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There are other doomsayers. What makes this one so unusual is his confounding cheerfulness about the approaching apocalypse. His optimism rests on his faith in Gaia – his revolutionary theory, […]

In fact, the animals lack the types of bacteria known for breaking down cellulose, the component of plant cell walls that make leaves and plant material difficult for other omnivores, […]

NASA is striving to create a long-term human presence on Mars, and it wants the public’s input on how to sustain life on our neighboring planet. On Tuesday, the organization […]

Quantum computers, the next generation of high-powered super-computers, are about to transform the business world. And the precursors of this new generation already exist.

Monitoring direction and speeds of advancing fires, establishing safety points, assisting with geographic information system mapping, tracking down illegal logging, illegal cattle grazing and even locations of illegal marijuana plantations. […]

Around 65 million years ago a large meteorite slammed into the Earth. This catastrophic event likely wiped out the dinosaurs, and a majority of species on Earth. But there was […]

You might not expect this, since CDs and DVDs are made to be spun around, but if you rotate one of them very quickly it will shatter, appearing to immediately […]

In the world of physicists, heat and sound are considered very similar, since both are structured from and transported by the vibration of atoms. Now, tor the first time, these […]

Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the “new world” in 1492 marked the start of an epoch of mass death. An estimated 50 million inhabitants of North, Central, and South America died […]