A 2007 drought, and an over-reliance on groundwater, means the the Middle East's aquifers are fading
A novel coronavirus identified earlier this year is slowly--very slowly--spreading
Someday, the Seattle-based American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots may begin to serve disgruntled, nonhuman customers of the AI persuasion
Is cellular coverage inevitable in U.S. national parks, some of the nation's last wireless hold-outs?
Japan's foodies have turned their attention to a new delicacy on Tokyo menus; will dirt turn up next in haute cuisine in New York and London?
At 40 percent salinity, the pond is the saltiest body of water on the planet.
In Australia, wind power is now cheaper than coal
Every year, tourists take approximately a bazillion pictures. Most of them never wind up anywhere but someone's hard drive, never seen again, but some of those pictures might actually be useful. Especially if they're of whale sharks
North Korea's new nuke could take out a big chunk of Lower Manhattan
What does the taste of coffee actually sound like?
Cultural fascination with the author and poet continues to burn brightly despite - or perhaps because of - Plath's premature departure from this world
Elephants living within the park's boundaries are significantly less stressed than those living outside of its protective borders
Styx, Orpheus, Erebus or something else? What should Pluto's moons be named?
Experts want to do away with the romanticized conceptions of what Mozart looked like, or those of a white-wigged, red-jacketed young man at the piano
Just being inside all the time might be creating a population full of nearsighted people
Today, Pope Benedict XVI told the world that he would resign
The festival, billed as an international gathering point that "evokes a pristine snow fantasy," attracts around 2 million people each year
Chemical mask-wearing mycotoxins can slip past screening techniques
If China doesn't take steps to better preserve the relics, they may eventually turn into dust
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