Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the internet,…
Month: July 2010
Flying Car or Roadable Aircraft?
For anyone who’s ever wanted to skip airport security lines and boarding delays, a newly designed flying car may pave…
Spectacular” Deep-Sea Species Found
An unidentified purple octopus (pictured) is one of 11 potentially new species found this month during a deep-sea expedition off…
Hairy-Nosed Otter Returns
A hairy-nosed otter—one of the world’s most endangered otter species—shows its face in Deramakot Forest Reserve, in the Malaysian state…
150-Year-Old Lost Ship Found in Arctic
Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage…
Triceratops ‘Secret Location’ Found
Internationally-renowned dinosaur hunter Phil Manning, from the University of Manchester, and his team are hoping to bag a Triceratops skeleton…
700 new planets discovered by NASA
NASA’s deep-space Kepler probe has found hundreds of new planets — many similar to earth — sparking new hope of…
Laughter’s secrets: The best medicine?
“No pain, no gain” is a mantra often used to motivate those hard slogs at the gym. But could a…
New Species found in Deep-Sea : “Jumbo Dumbo”
A newfound creature nicknamed “Dumbo” (pictured) may look like it’s all ears–but the protrusions are actually fins that help propel…
Beautiful ‘lost’ insect turns up anew
A delicate, blue-hued insect has re-appeared in the UK after an interval of more than half a century. The dainty…