The Yangtze River in China is 40 million years older than was previously thought, according to new research. A study of minerals reveals that the Yangtze River began to cut the Three Gorges area…

Researchers in China have created an electromagnetic absorbing device for microwave frequencies. The device, called an “omnidirectional electromagnetic absorber”, is made of a thin cylinder…

The End of the World as Farce Our road to The Road begins in 1947, with Ward Moore's Greener Than You Think, an apocalyptic comic satire that just cries out for a movie adaptation by Trey Parker and…

Hummingbirds require an enormous amount of energy to beat their wings fast enough to hover and maneuver. In many ways they appear to retain  some of the flight patters of insects, but they have…

Before he was House on the TV series named ... "House" ... Hugh Laurie was a comedian; you know, one of those smug types UK people love, except he was actually funny.    In this clip, he…

Arctic Ice June 2010 This article describes the current state of the Arctic sea ice and makes some predictions for the month ahead.  The predictions are based on my visual analysis of hundreds…

BARCELONA, Spain, June 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A new medical trial is expected to start in January 2011 -- Interim results from an earlier trial published in September 2009 showed promise in the…

3 Quarks Daily is a 'filter blog' that compiles stuff from around the web on a daily basis, in science, design, literature, current affairs, art, and anything else they deem inherently fascinating.…

The pheromone that attracts female mice to the odor of a particular male has been identified and named ‘darcin’ by researchers writing in BMC Biology (they say they named it after Darcy from Jane…

NEW YORK, June 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CSI's mission has long been simple and direct: to provide security professionals with high quality products that focus on practical, cost- effective strategies…