Study solves a 3,000-year-old mystery with pollen
More than 3,200 years ago, the thriving civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly collapsed for reasons that have long been a mystery.
More than 3,200 years ago, the thriving civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly collapsed for reasons that have long been a mystery.
Archaeology
Oct 24, 2013
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Electric car maker Tesla Motors has hired Apple Inc.'s chief Mac engineer to lead new vehicle development.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 24, 2013
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Microsoft posted quarterly revenue and earnings Thursday that easily topped Wall Street forecasts, marking a healthy start to a companywide overhaul it announced in July that should help the software giant transform into ...
Business
Oct 24, 2013
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Amazon.com says that its fiscal third-quarter loss narrowed as revenue grew 24 percent.
Business
Oct 24, 2013
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Twitter raised the value of its initial public offering Thursday to as much as $1.61 billion as the popular messaging service moved a step closer to Wall Street.
Business
Oct 24, 2013
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The world may be increasingly uncivil, and the workplace is no exception. With the rise of smartphones, you've probably even been a perpetrator of bad behavior yourself, checking text messages or taking a call during a meeting ...
Economics & Business
Oct 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —It's a 21st-century alchemist's dream: turning Earth's superabundance of carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas—into fuel or useful industrial chemicals. Researchers from Brown have shown that finely tuned gold ...
Materials Science
Oct 24, 2013
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NASA's TRMM satellite flew above the center of Tropical Storm Francisco in the western North Pacific Ocean early on Oct. 24 and data was used to create a 3-D image of the storm's structure.
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. With a boost from natural "zoom lenses" found in space, they should be able to uncover galaxies ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence that the normally dim region very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy flared up with at least two ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2013
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