Category : science

The 5 Most Over-the-Top Hotels that Debuted in 2018

From an underwater villa to a suite that orbits the earth, these hotels are the year's most spectacular.

How F-22 and F-35 'DNA' Will Make the 'New' F-16 Viper a Real Killer

Here is all we know.

'The Orville' Season 2 Launches Tonight! Here's What to Expect Straight from the Cast.

Science fiction is back in vogue, there's no doubt about that. In the first few weeks of 2019, sci-fi fans will be able to enjoy the second season of both "Star Trek: Discovery" and "The Orville." Plus we have season two of "Lost in Space" to look...

5 Early Signs of Lung Cancer You Need to Know

And when to get them checked out.

New Horizons Beyond Pluto: What Lies in Ultima Thule's Realm?

This is just what happened in 2014 when the Hubble Space Telescope was surveying the area, hoping to find a new target for the New Horizons mission after ground-based telescopes had failed to find anything there. Back then, NASA's mission to Pluto w...

The strangeness of Japan's decision to start openly hunting whales

Each year, Japanese whalers haul hundreds of harpooned whales aboard their giant 8,145-ton vessel, the Nisshin Maru. And for decades, they've killed most of these whales in the open Antarctic seas, under the guise of performing scientific "...

Chilly Santa Ana winds to whip through Southern California as 2019 begins

A disruptive wind event will unfold in Southern California early this week, with Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses at risk for blustery weather.

This Year’s Natural Disasters Show Climate Change’s Dire Consequences Are Already Here

It's been a devastating year of natural disasters, from record-breaking

America's Mad Scientists Wanted to Use Nuclear Power to Create Tunnels in a Shocking Way

In the 1970s, Los Alamos National Laboratory explored a science-fiction approach to tunneling: using nuclear power to literally melt holes through rock and turn the melted rock into tunnel lining.

Notable deaths in 2018

Paris (AFP) - From soul diva Aretha Franklin to astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and former UN chief Kofi Annan, here are some of the notable figures who passed away in 2018:

Bali's Agung volcano spews ash in fresh eruption

A volcano on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali erupted Sunday, belching ash high into the air and over nearby villages as officials warned tourists to keep clear of the area. Mount Agung has been erupting periodically since it rumbled back to li...

Indonesia's latest tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness

The Dec. 23 tsunami killed around 430 people along the coastlines of the Sunda Strait, capping a year of earthquakes and tsunamis in the vast archipelago, which straddles the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire. "Indonesia has demonstrated to th...

As China option fades, Bill Gates urges U.S. to take the lead in nuclear power, for the good of the planet

In his year-end letter, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says his to-do list for 2019 includes persuading U.S. leaders to regain America’s leading role in nuclear energy research and embrace advanced nuclear technologies such as the concept being adva...

China probe readies to land on dark side of the moon: Xinhua

A Chinese space probe is moving into position to land on the dark side of the moon for the first time, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, a mission seen as an important step as the country looks to push forward its space program. Th...

In Caracas, macaws' bold color show can't be missed

Colorful wild macaws flying through Caracas skies are a bright sight to behold. With every sunrise and sunset they start their zigzagging flight between palm trees and residential towers. If the scene sounds like a dream for nature lovers, behind t...

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