The Red Planet was too salty to sustain life for much of its history, according to the latest evidence gathered by rovers on the Martian surface. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

US scientists are taking the first step towards testing potentially hazardous chemicals on cells grown in a laboratory, without using live animals. High speed robots would make testing faster, cheaper, and more effective, while leaving animals unharmed. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

In a 26-foot van equipped with state-of-the-art forensic tools, Melinda Merck travels to crime scenes throughout the country to assist law enforcement officials in their efforts to build cases against and prosecute animal cruelty offenders. She's the only animal CSI in the country. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

...And other sea creatures. Again, I can't really give this site justice in the description. These aren't YouTube videos, but beautiful images of some amazing creatures. The opening sequence of the fin whale, to me, says it all. picked by Marz 2 years ago

A selection of enhanced images of tiny things made big to mark the 25th anniversary of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope. picked by lllllllllllllll 2 years ago

Grace Saenz-Lopez was forced to quit her job as Mayor of Alice, Texas, for keeping her neighbor’s dog, but insists it was a rescue.

*Pic unrelated. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

It's an ambitious task, recreating the universe in a bucket. But if it is successful, the experiment could help solve the twin puzzles of why we’re made of matter rather than antimatter and where the huge magnetic fields that span galaxies come from. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. The asteroid -- with three bodies orbiting each other -- was discovered this week by astronomers at the radar telescope at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Sydney's premier zoo is celebrating the news that its 9-year-old Asian elephant is pregnant, but animal rights groups are shocked that the zoo has let a juvenile elephant fall pregnant. Allowing such a young elephant to fall pregnant was "the equivalent of allowing your 12-year-old daughter to become pregnant." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Fossil hunters say they have discovered bones of two massive meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa. In the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and co-author Stephen Brusatte named one Kryptops palaios, or "old hidden face," because of a horny covering over its face. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

On Wednesday night, Feb. 20, for the third time in the past year, the moon will become completely immersed in the Earth's shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipse. Update on this. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Why we should sterilise teenage girls ... temporarily at least picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Astronomers said Wednesday that they had found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light-years across the galaxy — the first planetary system that really looks like our own, with outer giant planets and room for smaller inner planets.

They also found signs of Elvis and Amelia Earhart. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Every area of the oceans is feeling the effects of fishing, pollution, or human-caused global warming, the study says, and some regions are being affected by all of these factors and more. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

A truly amazing design for a trash can. yes I said trash can. Today's recycling is very complicated. Different types of metals, plastics, paper, etc each have unique requirements. Manually sorting it and just determining which type it is is now a thing of the past. This device will determine which recycling bin the item belongs in and open that bin automatically. picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

In the game, children use dog leashes, bungee cords wrapped around their necks or other means to temporarily cut blood flow to their head. The goal is a dreamlike, floating-in-space feeling when blood rushes back into the brain. picked by muppet 2 years ago

whether we get sucked into a microscopic black hole, or hurled into the Sun. here is ten ways the earth could get totaly own3d!!1! picked by mymindisdiffrent 2 years ago

Raindance Farms is taking care of the colt Windchill, who was out in frigid cold temperatures for several hours. Many are taking shifts to watch over him. He is putting up a good fight so far and they are posting updates for him on their website.

Update to yesterday's post. picked by jhordie 2 years ago

An international team of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has blocked staph infections in mice using a drug previously tested in clinical trials as a cholesterol-lowering agent. picked by Blankspace73 2 years ago

The US military is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite due to crash land on Earth in the next few weeks, US news agency AP reports picked by topofall 2 years ago

Some Russian girls had a bear as a pet, but this one has a real seal as her home animal. She feeds it, goes for a walk with it and gives it to swim in her bath to feel like home. picked by MissWinkle 2 years ago

I know a lot of this kind of stuff gets posted on Plime but these are really really cool. I had never seen most of them before. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

It was the stereotypical firefighters-try-to-rescue-cat story, but with a twist. picked by indisguise 2 years ago

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have reported the possible detection of a binary star system that was later destroyed in a supernova explosion. The new method they used provides great future promise for finding the detailed origin of these important cosmic events. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Bats learned to fly before they knew how to echolocate - the primary method of "seeing" for modern bats. The bats of 52 million years ago flew differently than the bats of today, but they also looked vastly different too. picked by super 2 years ago