When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like. The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago.

But a remarkable operation - which implants part of his tooth in his eye - has now pierced his world of darkness. With details on the procedure mentioned here picked by suebe 7 hours ago

Children should be taught about evolution to prevent them mistaking Barney and Fred Flintstone for scientific fact, an academic has claimed.

The failure to teach primary school children scientific truth is playing into the hands of advocates of creationism - according to James Williams, lecturer in education at Sussex University. picked by Bingo 21 hours ago

As she steamed the placenta with some herbs, the kitchen got that ironlike smell of cooked organ meat, with vague undertones of a consciousness-raising group and a Betty Friedan rally. picked by bornbad 22 hours ago

Imagine if you could look at something once and remember it forever. You would never have to ask for directions again. Now a group of scientists has isolated a protein that mega-boosts your ability to remember what you see. picked by bornbad 23 hours ago

One of the not-so-great joys of my new trailer is that it came with an infestation of black widow spiders. We would open the galley, and there one would be: black, and shiny, with horribly pointy legs and a big, fat abdomen. picked by bornbad 24 hours ago

List the ten most expensive things that you have ever paid for. Then, list the ten items that you have ever bought that gave you the most happiness. Count how many items appear on both lists. picked by bornbad 2 days ago

The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned its first images since reaching the Moon on 23 June.

The probe's two cameras returned images of a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds). picked by AutumnLotus 2 days ago

A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease. picked by AutumnLotus 2 days ago

Palaeontologists have unveiled three new Australian dinosaur skeletons in outback Queensland today.

The two herbivores and one carnivore, excavated from the Winton formation, roamed our land during the Cretaceous period - 98 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 days ago

Polish-born Curie, later a French citizen, is celebrated for her part in the discovery of polonium and radium, as well as pioneering work in the treatment of cancers using radioactive isotopes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 days ago

It appears to be a paradox: ultra-thin material that absorbs all the incident light. Nonetheless, it does exist. picked by bornbad 2 days ago

Is there really any such thing as a "secret ingredient" these days? After all, over the past decade consumers have gotten more and more disclosure about what's in the food they eat-- everything from calorie content to food allergy information. picked by kakana 2 days ago

There are a number of people that are seriously questioning arrests based on dogs sniffing drugs or other contraband. Whether the dog is sending out false signals or the trainer is giving the dog silent signals to manipulate the finding there does seems room to raise questions/concerns. picked by bernardblack 2 days ago

Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental illness, as reports mount of suicides among the drugs’ users. picked by nateebiinature 2 days ago

Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes -- known as anthropoids -- evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 days ago

In a matter of seconds, a supernova releases more energy than the Sun radiates in its 10 billion-year life span, and the explosive event can briefly outshine its host galaxy. Neutron stars, the remnants of such "cosmic fireworks," exhibit the strongest magnetic fields observed in the universe.

See the high resolution video and image. picked by AutumnLotus 3 days ago

And the still-to-be-named panda babies are quite the big deal. The last time triplets were born in North America was 10 years ago. Last year the pair had twins — two of the five red pandas born in all of North America in 2008. picked by bingo 3 days ago

The Universe within 14 billion Light Years. picked by bornbad 3 days ago

Click and instantly be relieved that we have modern technology and don't live in Victorian or Medieval times, like the people who had these medical devices inflicted on them. picked by yugosakimi 3 days ago

Regenerating your own amputated arms and legs, broken spines and even damaged brains is the stuff of superheroes - but it could one day be a reality, claim scientists. picked by kakana 3 days ago

A survey of the breeding pairs of puffins carried out on eight of the Farne Islands in the summer of 2008 found that numbers were down by one third compared to the previous survey in 2003, with the puffin population dropping from 55,674 to just 36,500 in five years. picked by kakana 3 days ago

A binary star system consists of two stars bound together by gravity that orbit a common center of gravity. Most stars form as binaries, and if both stars are hospitable to planet formation, it increases the likelihood that scientists will discover Earth-like planets. picked by kakana 3 days ago

Large areas of northern Russia, Canada, Nordic countries and Alaska have deep layers of frozen soil near the surface called permafrost. Global warming has already triggered rapid melting of the permafrost in some areas, releasing carbon dioxide and methane.

Update to this story. picked by kakana 3 days ago

The Cassini mission, a joint venture of NASA and the European and Italian space agencies has been orbiting Saturn for five Earth years as of Tuesday. picked by kakana 3 days ago

The scientists, led by Sean Farrell of the University of Leicester, England, said the newly found black hole weighs more than 500 solar masses and is a missing link between lighter stellar-mass and heavier super-massive black holes. picked by kakana 3 days ago