// On October 15th 2009, at 5:14am in Moscow (3:14 EST), the Progress M-03M cargo spacecraft was launched, via a Russian Soyuz-U rocket, and is headed to the International Space Station. The rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome’s launch pad 1 in Kazakhstan. The 2,417 kg of cargo it’s delivering to the ISS includes oxygen, [...]

// Discovered while drilling in a lead and silver mine, this “Cave of Crystals” lies nearly 1000 feet below the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico. The giant crystals dwarf humans, with the biggest one measuring 37.4 feet long. Up to 170 huge crystals can be found in this impressive cave. The crystals were formed from groundwater saturated [...]

// The music industry is like a stubborn spoiled child who refuses to change and whines till it’s red in the face. Prior to the Information Age of the Internet, the Major labels would release CDs from “artists” with only 1 or 2 good songs. Even if that album went Gold (500,000 records sold in [...]

The thought of creating anything dinosaur-like instantly brings up thoughts of Jurassic Park. However, Hans Larsson of McGill University is taking a different approach. He’s attempting to reverse the effects of evolution and create chicken’s with features of their dinosaur ancestors. Larsson claims the idea sprung up during a conversation with his colleague, Jack Horner, a [...]

// Scientists in Melbourne, Australia have discovered that 1 in 4 schizophrenics suffer because they have lost 80 per cent of a protein in their brain known as muscarinic M1 receptor. Doctor’s are hoping this distinction can help better diagnose patients and lead to more specific treatments. Professor Dean and his team examined brain tissue from [...]

A Canadian company, Element Four, has invented a machine called the Watermill that converts moisture in the atmosphere into safe, clean, and cheap drinking water. This device is intended for use in areas of high humidity and low water resources and can produce up to 11 or 12 litres of water a day. At just around [...]

For the first time, a spider has been found that eats mainly a vegetarian diet, making it the 1st out of about 40,000 species of spiders to do so. Bagheera kiplingi, a type of jumping spider found in parts of Central America, including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala, had originally been discovered in the late 1800s. “At [...]