Science/Tech

New experiments have confirmed that dragonflies grow bigger with more oxygen, or hyperoxia. The giant dragonflies of ancient Earth with wingspans of up to 70 centimetres are generally attributed to higher oxygen atmospheric levels in the atmosphere in the past. However, not all insects were larger when oxygen was higher in the past. The secrets to why these changes happened ... Read More »

Today in “Old media versus the Internet,” the Wall Street Journal is reporting that major studios ABC (owned by Disney), CBS (part of CBS Corp) and NBC (owned by GE) have joined Hulu in blocking Google TV from accessing the available television episodes on their websites. Various timeworn concerns such as lack of a viable business model for content owners, ... Read More »

“There is  a huge planet called Planet X that is on its course to destroy Earth. Aliens contacted me and warned me. Earth will be destroyed by May 2003″ . These were the words given be Nancy Leider, the founder, the co-founder,the creator of Planet X that doesn’t exist in the first place. As the thought of doomsday date came ... Read More »

Pfizer agreed on Tuesday to buy King Pharmaceuticals, a maker of pain medications, for $3.6 billion in cash, in the drug maker’s first major deal since its blockbuster purchase of Wyeth last year. Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer will begin a tender offer in which it will pay $14.25 a share in cash, a 40 percent premium to ... Read More »

Google has launched its very own short-URL service to the public, Goo.gl. With the world being taken over by Twitter along with its 140-characters limit, the demand for short-URL service has been increasing. As you cannot really share a long URL without the help of these services. The most popular service so far is Bit.ly. They sure have to brace ... Read More »

Researchers have found fossilized remains of ancient penguins in Peru. Researchers have found that they used to be 5-feet tall and their ‘tuxedo’ may have been reddish-brown and gray. The first thing the graduate student saw was a set of foot bones at the surface of an excavation site in Peru. He turned over a rock and noticed a pattern ... Read More »

Astronomers say they have for the first time spotted a planet beyond our own in what is sometimes called the Goldilocks zone for life: Not too hot, not too cold. Just perfect! Not too far from its star, not too close. So it could contain liquid water. The planet itself is neither too big nor too small for the proper ... Read More »