SpaceX rocket explodes during test flightA SpaceX rocket exploded in midair during a test flight, as the company seeks to develop a spacecraft that can return to Earth.
23 August 2014
Octopus inspires new camouflage materialThe octopus's ability to camouflage itself has inspired a new kind of thin, flexible fabric that can automatically match patterns.
US govt lab reveals series of dangerous mix-upsThe United States' top public health agency revealed Friday a series of alarming incidents in which dangerous biological agents including anthrax, influenza and botulism were mishandled over the past decade.
NASA films grandiose eruption on the SunNASA has released a 40-second video that captured a grand coronal mass ejection from the surface of the Sun at the speed of 1.5 million miles per hour (2.4 kilometers per hour).
08 July 2014
In Argentina, dinosaur hunters embark on next phaseA few months ago, Argentine scientists found the remains of a giant dinosaur. Now they look forward to digging up hundreds more fossils, but what they really want is the big one's head.