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Watch this amazing video of a hummingbird-sized aircraft
The Nano Hummingbird is the world's smallest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or UAV. It's an aircraft that looks and flies like a hummingbird.
February 17, 2011
NASA helps airplanes avoid storms, turbulence, delays
Weather is the main culprit in flight delays. NASA's satellites help airplanes avoid storms by producing better forecasts. Read more here.
February 16, 2011
Slow down there, diet soda study
A February 2011 study suggests a link between diet soda and stroke and other vascular events. But the lack of peer review needs to be acknowledged in news stories.
February 13, 2011
Check out this DNA video
DNA may be the world's most powerful computer chip, says Dr. Martin Hilbert of the University of Southern California. This rockin' DNA animation would appear to support his claim.
February 12, 2011
Martin Hilbert: All human information, stored on CD, would reach beyond the moon
If a single star is a bit of information, there's a galaxy of info for every person on Earth, says the first-ever inventory of our info capacity. Learn more from Martin Hilbert.
February 10, 2011
Resurrecting a 200-year-old vintage beer
Finnish scientists are teasing out the secrets in the oldest bottle of beer in the world, kept chilled for 200 years on a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
February 9, 2011
Baby boomers go high tech to age better
Research labs around the country - like MIT's AgeLab - are focused on creating technologies that help seniors stay active, healthy, and independent. Their target? Baby boomers with purchasing power.
February 8, 2011
Jorge Galan reveals the stealth of Salmonella, and also its Achilles heel
The Yale researcher has made a new discovery that could lead to an antidote for Salmonella poisoning, and even the creation of next-gen antibiotics.
February 3, 2011
The pain paradox and current research
Researchers are looking for differences in the brain between people with chronic illnesses and pain and those who are healthy. Read more.
February 2, 2011
About 80% of global fisheries in trouble, says new U.N. report
The U.N. estimates that 53% of global fisheries are "fully exploited", and 32% are either overexploited, depleted, or recovering from depletion, and need to be urgently rebuilt.
February 1, 2011
