Hot springs in Yellowstone grow by a process of drowning
Scientists have built a computer model that suggests the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US, grow by a process of drowning. ANI
Tsunami warning system up and running in Pacific Ocean
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that the final two buoys are up and running in an unprecedented 39-buoy tsunami warning system designed to protect U.S. coastal communities from a similar fate as the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami. ANI
Internet creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee against web tracking
World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee stresses the need for protecting customers against systems that can reveal what they are doing on the internet. ANI
Egyptian mummy on display at Brit museum is son of Ramesses II
An Egyptian mummy on display for nearly 80 years at the Bolton Museum in the UK has been identified as a son of the pharaoh Ramesses II. ANI
Great grandparent of R2D2 aboard ISS to help astronauts with difficult jobs
The International Space Station (ISS) has got its newest crew member in the form of a robotic handyman nicknamed R2D2s great- grandfather, who will perform heavy construction and maintenance tasks considered dangerous or difficult for its human colleagues. ANI
New robot aboard space station to help astronauts with difficult jobs
The International Space Station (ISS) has got its newest crew member in the form of a robotic handyman named Dextre, who will perform heavy construction and maintenance tasks considered dangerous or difficult for its human colleagues. ANI
Physicists at loggerheads with publishers over Wikipedia ban
A group of physicists are at loggerheads with a publisher because it has banned them from posting parts of their work to Wikipedia - the online encylopedia, blogs and other forums. ANI
How brain visually judges depth with one eye
While it is common knowledge that humans visually judge depth when the brain compares images from the two eyes, scientists have now found out that the brain can also judge depth when a person sees with only one eye. ANI
Ancient seafarers may have been first settlers in Americas
A team of U.S. researchers has proposed a new working model for when and how humans came to the New World, suggesting that ancient seafarers, traveling by boat along the ice-fringed British Columbia coast, launched the peopling of the Americas about 15,000 years ago. ANI
Melting of glaciers has doubled worldwide
Data from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown that the rate at which some of the worlds glaciers are melting has more than doubled. ANI
Climate change is latest threat to worlds dwindling fish stocks
A new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has suggested that climate change is emerging as the latest threat to the worlds dwindling fish stocks. ANI