How Trucks Use Runaway Ramps in Emergencies
When a truck’s brakes fail, a runaway ramp is sometimes the one thing preventing disaster.
2023-09-12 23:23
Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a ’90s Media Sensation
Dolly the sheep was the first animal cloned from a single adult cell—and raised a lot of questions about the future of human cloning.
2023-09-12 02:22
The Curious Extinction of the Carolina Parakeet: An Avian Cold Case
The North American parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance.
2023-09-12 01:28
Britain may designate genomics sector as critical infrastructure
By Alistair Smout LONDON Britain is exploring designating its genomics sector as critical national infrastructure, Deputy Prime Minister
2023-09-12 01:25
On This Day in 1962, NASA Launched and Destroyed Mariner 1
A software error coupled with a radar failure led to the loss of NASA's first Venus probe.
2023-09-12 00:50
8 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Big Bang
The birth of our universe happened at least 13 billion years ago—and you may have seen it on TV.
2023-09-12 00:23
10 Facts About Guinea Worm Disease
Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease is, by all accounts, pretty awful: A person with the disease hosts a parasitic worm that forms a painful blister under the skin that eventually bursts, allowing the worm to emerge and lay its eggs in water. Those afflicted don't just endure pain (although there's plenty of that); they also run the risk of secondary infection and permanent paralysis, and there are economic consequences to the disease, too.
2023-09-12 00:18
UK scientist who created Dolly the Sheep clone dies at 79
LONDON British scientist Ian Wilmut, whose research was central to the creation of the famous cloned animal, Dolly
2023-09-12 00:15
Watch: Michael Jordan Appears in a 1992 McDonald’s Employee Training Video
His Airness once lectured McDonald’s employees on good customer service: “They expect to be treated as a guest in your home.”
2023-09-11 23:16
Why Can’t Vampires Eat Garlic?
The idea that garlic repels vampire has been linked to some serious health problems.
2023-09-11 21:17
8 Discontinued Halloween Candies You’ll Never Find in Your Trick-or-Treat Bucket Again
A lot of them had something to with candy corn.
2023-09-11 20:20
Telesat taps SpaceX to launch its broadband satellites in orbit
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA Canada's Telesat on Monday said it has signed a agreement with SpaceX to launch
2023-09-11 19:28