Month: December 2008

How a “leap second” will correct the world’s clocks

A New Zealand passenger plane successfully completes a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable…

Columbia’s crew tried valiantly to regain control of their doomed orbiter, says a report by…

Males that produce sperm packages that can penetrate deep into the skin. Females with bellies…

Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing…

Patients with diabetes at the time of a cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of…

Contact with nature has long been suspected to increase positive feelings, reduce stress, and provide…

New research in an animal model suggests that a diet high in inorganic phosphates, which…

By applying an old theory that has been used to explain water flow through soil…