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Over the years we have sent so many unreturnable rockets, satellites and other devices to the outer atmostphere, that 'Space Junk' is becoming a big concern among the experts, given that they could freefall to earth any time - This week, their worst fears will be realized....

The reason humans are considered to be at the top of the food chain is to do with inteligence, which is measured by their ability to build and use complex tools to solve day-to-day issues. However, recent research has revealed that a number of animals also display similarly intelligent behavior....

Access to cheap and plentiful electricity is something most of us take for granted. However, such is not the case in many parts of the world, especially in third world countries, where the poor live in shanty homes that are often constructed from cardboard or other flimsy materials....

The quest to develop faster microprocessors - the tiny silicon chips that allow your computers do all the magical things they do - is never ending, with chip manufactures spending millions of dollars in research each year. In the past, they have succeeded in doubling the processing speed roughly every two years, by simply shrinking the size of the transistors, so that more could be fitted onto each microchip....

The fact that plants absorb harmful carbon dioxide and emit oxygen that humans need to survive, has been well documented for many years now. Despite that, we seem to continue to treat plants like second-class citizens - Something geologist Iaian Stewart is trying to change, by spending 48-hours inside a sealed box....

A team of chemists from Tufts University in Massachussets has developed an electric motor so tiny, that it can not be seen with the naked eye! Made from one single molecule, the electric device measures one nanometer across, or about 1/60,000th the width of a single strand of human hair!...

Just a few weeks ago, NASA's Kepler Spacecraft revealed a dark alien planet - Now, a collaboration of scientists from all over the world have announced something even more exciting - A diamond planet!...

Though Northern Hemisphere's hurricane season officially started on June 1st, this year had been relatively peaceful, until this week when Irene, a category 3 hurricane stormed across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the Caribbean Islands before moving on to the East Coast of the United States....

If you have ever had the misfortune of being under the dentist's drill for a cavity filling, you know how awful the experience is. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Leeds has come up with an ingenious treatment that not only keeps the drill at bay, but also, helps re-generate your pearly whites so that they look like new again!...