Category : science

The Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border Is Not a New Idea

The drug war has been the catalyst for this effort longer than the immigration issue has

The French President Wants to Defy Nationalism by Creating a Europe-Wide Army. That's One Battle He's Likely to Lose

A century after World War I ended, Emmanuel Macron is concerned that the continent remains dependent on U.S. military help

Tens of Cat Mummies and 100 Cat Statues Found Near Ancient Egyptian Pyramid

Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people. Researchers have dug up several mummified cats alongside about 100 wooden cat statues in a tomb complex near a pyramid built for the pharaoh Userkaf, who reigned from 22...

Modest warming risks 'irreversible' ice sheet loss, study warns

Even modest temperature rises agreed under an international plan to limit climate disaster could see the ice caps melt enough this century for their loss to be "irreversible", experts warned Monday. Scientists have known for decades that the ice she...

Here's Why Tide Detergent Is Going to Come in a Shoe Box

Forget about Tide Pods

Did the French Army Troll President Trump for Missing a WWI Ceremony Because of Rain?

'There's rain, but it's not serious. We're staying motivated'

Beth Ford

First openly gay woman to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company

African-American Veterans Hoped Their Service in World War I Would Secure Their Rights at Home. It Didn't

Black people emerged from the war bloodied and scarred. Nevertheless, the war marked a turning point in their struggles for freedom

Set your alarm: Rocket launch to be visible over East Coast before dawn Thursday

A rocket will streak across the sky over the mid-Atlantic early Thursday morning as NASA launches a spacecraft from the Virginia coast.

Venice flooding is getting worse – and the city's grand plan won't save it

Venice is set to be regularly 70% underwater and proposed tidal floodgates won't deal with the fundamental problems.

China postpones lifting rhino, tiger parts ban

China appeared to backtrack on a controversial decision to lift a ban on trading tiger bones and rhinoceros horns, saying it has been postponed, state media reported Monday. The State Council, China's cabinet, unexpectedly announced last month that...

Scientists to swap dusty old kilogram for something more stable

The kilogram has been defined since 1889 by a shiny piece of platinum-iridium held in Paris. All modern mass measurements are traceable back to it - from micrograms of pharmaceutical medicines to kilos of apples and pears and tonnes of steel or ceme...

Here's How to Help the Victims As Wildfires Rage Across California

Charities are helping the hundreds of thousands of displaced Californians

The winged drone that flies like an insect

Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a flying drone after studying the flight behaviour of insects. The DelFly Nimble weighs just 29 grams and measures 33 centimetres in wingspan. Its four flapping wings beat 17 times per second. Designer M...

Algorithm that identifies the footprint of the palm of the hand is developed

Mexico, Nov. 12 (Notimex).- Mexican scientists developed an algorithm that identifies the palmar footprint, and patented this innovation in Spain with the collaboration of the University of Canarias. The project is the result of the doctoral thesis o...

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