Days are gradually growing longer. To the layman this means that in the northern hemisphere days are longer in summer than they are in winter. But geoscientists interpret this phrase as follows: they found that days grow longer not only in spring time.

When an Australian cattle rancher found a large ball of metal and carbon fiber last year, he didn’t think much of it, waiting until now to attempt to find out where exactly this wreckage came from.

There’s nothing surprising about the fact that the actual cost of owning car, basic taxes and insurance costs that everybody has to pay, can vary across all 50 U.S. states. What comes as a bit surprise is that this variance can top roughly $10,000...

In this exciting but challenging period of space exploration, the time is fast approaching for serious design concepts for the first habitats that will be built on the lunar landscape. In previous articles, we have examined the hazards associated with...

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits. These deposits point to places where water once was abundant and where evidence might exist of possible Martian life from the Red Planet’s past.

There’s a buzz of emails coming in today regarding the future of Mars exploration…cost cuts, nail biting, and worry. Major decisions are forthcoming from NASA Headquarters.

new company called Skysails that was reintroducing the concept of harnessing the wind on the open seas to save fuel for cargo ships. For its maiden voyage, it would travel from Germany to Venezuela, the United States and Norway under the assistance of a...

When you’re buying a used car, you don’t just check to see how old the car is and then hand over the Blue Book value. High on the list of things to check is the mileage. If a car’s only a couple years old, but has been driven across the country and...

Nicolai Ouroussoff writes about all the new glass towers architects are designing in New York these days; they are lovely things, but what will power them or feed their occupants in years to come? Green roofs won’t do it, they are too small. Daekwon...

Seeing as how yesterday was World Water Day 2008, we thought it’d be appropriate to post on a few visual representations of the state of usable water today. For some perspective, the above image, created by Philippe Rekacewicz with data from the WHO and...