NASA'S 10-ENGINE AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF LIKE A HELICOPTER, FLIES LIKE A PLANE

NASA’s new battery-powered, 10-engine aircraft takes off, hovers, and lands like a helicopter -- yet flies efficiently like a plane. It shifts between vertical and forward flight while up in the air. Called Greased Lightning or GL-10, a prototype with a 3-meter (10-foot) wingspan just completed its first few successful flights with midair conversions this spring at Fort A.P. Hill, a military base in Virginia.

SECOND PATIENT DIES IN FRANCE'S ARTIFICIAL HEART TRIAL

The second person in France to receive a much-hyped new-generation artificial heart has died eight months after receiving the transplant, biomedical firm Carmat said Tuesday.

THE WORLD FIRST HEARTLESS HUMAN IS ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT A PULSE

Craig Lewis, a 55-year-old suffering from a life threatening heart problem was admitted to the Texas Heart Institute with a condition called “amyloidosis.” It’s a rare autoimmune disease that fills internal organs with a viscous protein that causes rapid heart, kidney and liver failure.

(VIDEO) FIGHTING CANCER AND EBOLA WITH NANOPARTICLES -CNN WORLD NEWS TODAY

HUGE NEW HOLES IN SIBERIA HAVE SCIENTISTS CALLING FOR URGENT INVESTIGATION

Scientists were baffled last July when they discovered three giant holes in the ground in the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia.

Now, with the help of satellite imagery, researchers have located four additional craters--and they believe there may be dozens more in the region. That has them calling for an urgent investigation to protect residents living in the area.

SMILEY FACE IN SPACE

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this galactic grin…

It's not often something a telescope spots something resembles a smiley face emoji in space.

2014 MAY BE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, WMO WARNS

As negotiators at the latest global climate meeting gather this week in Lima, Peru, to hammer out a new international agreement to limit emissions of the greenhouse gases fueling global warming, they are receiving a stark reminder of that warming.

2014 PLANETARY ALIGNMENT DECREASES GRAVITY FLOAT FOR 5 MINUTES




 

It has been revealed by the British astronomer Patrick Moore that, on the morning of January 4th 2014.

SCIENTISTS CREATE ENZYME THAT CUTS OUT HIV FROM INFECTED CELLS

A team of researchers at the Dresden University of Technology in Germany say they managed to create an enzyme that can identify a sequence of HIV and remove it with 90 % accuracy, according to The Local.

SCIENTISTS PRINT NEW EYE CELL THAT COULD TREAT BLINDNESS

Scientists have printed new eye cells for the first time - paving the way to cure some types of blindness in humans.

VALKYRIE: NASA'S SUPERHERO ROBOT THAT WILL TRAVEL TO MARS

VALKYRIE

NASA's Robonaut is only just getting its legs, but it already has some fresh (and arguably superior) competition.

NASA SPACECRAFT FINDS ALIEN PLANETS, INCLUDING 104 POTENTIALLY HABITABLE WORLDS

The search for other Earth-like planets in the galaxy got a major boost today with the discovery of hundreds of newfound alien planets identified by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, a haul that includes 104 strange, new worlds that could potentially support life.

PLANETARY RESOURCES AND NASA TEAM UP TO CROWD SEARCH FOR ASTROIDS

Planetary Resources really wants to mine asteroids for valuable materials, but first it has to find them.

KNIFENOSE CHIMAERA, ARTIC MYSTERY FISH, EVEN WIERDER THAN IT LOOKS

A university researcher in Canada claims he knows the identity of a mysterious sea creature that was recovered by a fishing boat in the Arctic Ocean.

BIZZARE BUG DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AFRICAN RAINFOREST

It may look like something straight from a toy store but this bizarre creature is a new species of insect found living in the South American rainforest. 

STUDY SUGGEST BLEACH CAN REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS

Bleach may be key in treating skin damage and aging, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine found.

DEADLY 7.7 PAKISTANI EARTHQUAKE CREATED A NEW ISLAND SIMILAR TO ONE THAT APPEARED 60 YEARS AGO

PAKISTAN

A new island appeared off Pakistan after a deadly 7.7-magnitude quake struck Tuesday afternoon in Baluchistan province’s Awaran district — a dirt-poor expanse of land that is roughly the size of Wales.

THE NORTH POLE IS MELTING EVIDENCED BY WEBCAM SET UP IN ARTIC SEA TO MONITOR CLIMATE CHANGE

THE NORTH POLE

The North Pole probably looks a bit different than you would expect right now. Because, at this very moment, it's actually a lake.