A large new carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Spain sported a very unusual pointed hump-like structure on its back, muscular legs…
Month: September 2010
Crab Swarms Overtake Island—Mystery Solved
A new study solves a longstanding mystery surrounding the crabs: how the the normally sedentary species has the stamina to…
2000-year-old pills found in Greek shipwreck
In 130Â BC, a ship fashioned from the wood of walnut trees and bulging with medicines and Syrian glassware sank off…
Hubble Spots Ghostly Space Spiral
When I first saw this ghostly Hubble Space Telescope image, I assumed that faint blurry spiral was a lens flare…
Laughter Yoga, Serious Benefits
I was in a vile, despicable mood when I arrived at laughter yoga. It was Wednesday, and my brain felt…
Perfecting the plant way to power
Take sunlight, add water, and there you have it: free energy. Plants have been doing this for quite some time,…
“Brittle Star City” Found
A teeming horde of brittle stars has been discovered atop an undersea mountain chain near Antarctica, challenging long-held assumptions about…
Muscles Remember Their Strength
Pumping up is easier for people who have been buff before, and now scientists think they know why — muscles…
Frog skin could beat ‘superbugs’
Frog skin may be an important source of new antibiotics to treat superbugs say researchers. So far, more than 100…
Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest
Five-inch-long (13-centimeter-long) Calumma tarzan was found recently in a tiny patch of forest on the vast Indian Ocean island of…