science / science - 5 years ago

How the Navy Wants to Take on Russian and Chinese Submarines: Robot Subs

Could that be the future?

science / science - 5 years ago

Drinking One Coke A Day Could Cause Colon Cancer, Study Reveals

It's time to cut the addiction.

science / science - 5 years ago

Finishing What Darwin Began

In This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson continues the project of scientific imperialism that has defined much of the latter part of his career. This View of Life takes as given that humans...

science / science - 5 years ago

Hundreds of Algerian lawyers protest against Bouteflika

Hundreds of Algerian lawyers protested again on Saturday in the capital to demand the immediate resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who has been for 20 years in power. The powerful military has been watching the protests unfold.

science / science - 5 years ago

Apple's Reinvention as a Services Company Starts for Real Monday

The chief executive officer is expected to unveil streaming video and news subscriptions, key parts of Apple’s push to transform itself into a leading digital services provider. The company may even discuss a monthly video games subscription. Likel...

science / science - 5 years ago

7 ‘Hidden’ Things I Don't Let Show About My Life With Primary Immune Deficiency

A woman with primary immune deficiency shares things about her life that others can't immediately 'see.'

science / science - 5 years ago

China's F-16: Meet the J-10 Fighter (Possibly Thanks to Israel)

Here's what happened.

science / science - 5 years ago

Tyrannosaurus rex found in Canada is world's biggest

The towering Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in western Canada in 1991 is the world's biggest, a team of paleontologists said Friday, following a decades-long process of reconstructing its skeleton. Nicknamed Scotty for a celebratory bottle of scotch c...

science / science - 5 years ago

Twin cyclones batter Australia

A "very destructive" category 4 cyclone slammed into Australia's remote northern coast on Saturday, while a second, equally powerful storm bore down on the country's west. Cyclone Trevor, pushing a big storm tide and packing winds of up to 250 kilom...

science / science - 5 years ago

We Know You'll Love This Cute Pink Café So "Matcha" Too—Take the Tour

The San Diego hot spot is Instagram heaven.

science / science - 5 years ago

Indonesia busts Russian smuggling drugged orangutan

A Russian tourist attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia in his suitcase to bring home and keep as a pet has been arrested in Bali, police said Saturday. Andrei Zhestkov was detained in Denpasar airport late on Friday while passi...

science / science - 5 years ago

Mom questions hospital after infant's meningitis death

In a matter of days, a Salem mother watched her 7-week-old baby goes from happy and alert to gravely sick with meningitis to dying in her arms.

science / science - 5 years ago

A Firearm with No Equal: All Hail the Handheld Rocket Gun

A little too much firepower?

science / science - 5 years ago

Scientists find abundance of 500,000,000-year-old fossils in China

The thing about fossils is the older they are, the rarer they are. Earth doesn't keep anything around forever, and the farther you go back in time the less likely you are to find evidence of the plants and animals that were alive then. So, when w...

science / science - 5 years ago

Is China Getting Ready to Build Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers?

There is at least some evidence to suggest exactly that.