It was in the late 1960s that the psychologist, Stanley Milgram, ran his small experiment to determine how many steps it would take for 160 ...

Later this month the European Space Agency will launch the Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Sub-millimetre Teles...

The G20 summit in London concluded this week and the leaders of the member countries have committed to $1.1 trillion in new funds which will...

The question of what action to take when there is the possibility of an asteroid collision with the Earth periodically surfaces from time to...

Earth Hour once again comes around in its 3rd year and now 3,000 cities and towns in over 90 countries are participating with the support of...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted a rise of the earth's temperature of between 4 degrees C and 6.4 degrees C by 21...

New Scientist (March 14, 2009) reports that the estimates or rising sea level provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change whic...