Beijing -
China's space agency has released a new detailed map of the Moon. The map is the highest resolution map of the entire lunar surface ever taken.
NASA astronomers say a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way may be vaporizing and devouring asteroids. This, the experts say, could explain the frequent flares observed in the center of the Milky Way.
Researcher Anna Franz won the first annual Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition by allowing our eyes a view of the vascular system of a chicken embryo in the video above.
Researchers at the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences and collaborators have provided some of the first evidence growing up on a farm helps the immune system develop and regulate and reduces the incidence of immunological diseases.
Buffalo -
One of the problems of researching cells damaged by Parkinson's disease in a human being? A scientist needs the brain of someone who has died. For a variant of Parkinson's disease, there might no longer be a need to wait.
Want to know about romance, falling in love and bonding? The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that Scientists will be available to "answer questions about how biology influences relationships in humans and other species."
London -
A group of scientists in Britain, commissioned by the government to research new developments in neuroscience of use to the military now says the government may be readying itself to use “incapacitating chemical agents” for crowd control.
New evidence points to why genes that make us susceptible to infections and autoimmune diseases continue to be passed down instead of being eradicated from the gene pool.
Moscow -
Russian news outlets are reporting that a team of Russian scientists have drilled into the subglacial Lake Vostok lying below two-and-a-half miles of ice. The lake is believed to have been isolated from Earth's atmosphere and biosphere since prehistory.
Austrian stuntman and adventurer Felix Baumgartner is planning the highest dive from the sky in history. The record-breaking leap will see Felix jump out of a balloon 36.5km above the ground.