New research from North Carolina State University shows that a 75-million-year-old Mongolian oviraptor, preserved while brooding its eggs, also preserved the original keratinous claw sheath that covered its digits. The work ...
Archaeology
Nov 8, 2016
0
620
In the world of chimpanzees, being the alpha male definitely has its benefits and, as with humans, it's good to have powerful friends.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2016
0
338
Facebook and Snapchat have overtaken the home pages of Yahoo and Google as the front door to the Internet for hundreds of millions of people. Now, the two rivals are pursuing a much bigger challenge: surpassing television ...
Internet
Nov 8, 2016
0
4
No matter who you are, if you're looking for a way to stream video from the internet to your living room TV, Roku hopes to have you covered.
Telecom
Nov 8, 2016
0
6
It is hard to convey the spectacle that is Mall of America in a PowerPoint presentation.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 8, 2016
0
7
Stephanie Palermo wasn't interested in living in a "smart home" outfitted with web-connected appliances controlled remotely by phone or computer. She didn't need her fridge to have Wi-Fi or her blinds to close themselves.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 8, 2016
0
14
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a diagnostic that provides crucial real-time information about the ultrahot plasma swirling within doughnut-shaped ...
Plasma Physics
Nov 8, 2016
0
18
Even from a few hundred yards away, the aircraft made a noise strikingly different from the roar of a typical plane.
Engineering
Nov 8, 2016
0
8
This year's French wine harvest is among the smallest in 30 years, down 10 percent from last year although not quite as bad as feared, authorities said Tuesday.
Environment
Nov 8, 2016
0
21
A team of researchers in Russia worked together to shed new light on the heterogeneous nature of a polar organic liquid mixed with water. They used laser light as a tool in two ways, dynamic light scattering and phase microscopy, ...
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2016
0
13
