James J. Williams

Curiosity rover makes first color panorama on Mars

Curiosity rover has returned its first 360-degree color panorama from the surface of Mars. The robot used its wideangle science…

12 years ago

Homo rudolfensis: new human species discovered among fossils from Northern Kenya

Researchers have discovered that fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two million years ago.…

12 years ago

Curiosity rover lifts its mast and uses its high navigation cameras for the first time

NASA’s Curiosity rover has lifted its mast and used its high navigation cameras for the first time. The robot vehicle…

12 years ago

Mars images taken by Curiosity rover during descent

Images of the surface of Mars taken by the Curiosity rover as it made its historic descent yesterday have now…

12 years ago

Gibson Guitar admits violating the Lacey Act after using illegal timber from Madagascar

The US government has settled its legal case against the iconic Gibson Guitar company over use of illegal timber from…

12 years ago

Curiosity rover touches down on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has just landed on Mars. The one-ton vehicle was reported to have landed in a deep crater…

12 years ago

Curiosity rover edges closer to the Red Planet

The Curiosity rover remains perfectly on course to make its Monday (GMT) landing on the Red Planet, NASA says. The…

12 years ago

How fast a human can ultimately run?

To understand how fast a human can ultimately run, we need to go beyond the record books and understand how…

12 years ago

Curiosity MSL on course for Mars landing

Curiosity, the big robot rover NASA is sending to Mars, looks in excellent shape for its Monday (GMT) landing. Curiosity…

12 years ago

Palm trees once grew in Antarctica

Scientists drilling deep into the edge of modern Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there. Analyses…

12 years ago

WWII US plane crew remains found in St Lawrence River

US divers have found what appear to be remains of a crew of an Army amphibious plane that went down…

12 years ago

Colosseum of Rome is taking the place of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Rome's world famous Colosseum is now around 40 cm (16 inches) lower on the south side than on the north.…

12 years ago

American flags planted on the Moon by Apollo astronauts still standing

Images taken by NASA spacecraft Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) show that the American flags planted in the Moon's soil by…

12 years ago

Moon formation new theory

Scientists have proposed a new idea in the long-running debate over the Moon formation. What is certain is that some…

12 years ago

Greenland’s massive ice sheet melted at Summit station, NASA satellite reveals

Greenland's massive ice sheet has melted this month over an usually large area, NASA has said. Scientists said the "unprecedented"…

12 years ago

Amelia Earhart expedition returns to Hawaii without evidence

TIGHAR's expedition to find out what happened to celebrated pilot Amelia Earhart is returning to Hawaii without the evidence it…

12 years ago

Sally Ride, the first American woman into space, dies from pancreatic cancer at 61

Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel into space, has died aged 61, 17 months after she was diagnosed…

12 years ago

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, described as a “weirdly Earth-like place”

It is well known that Earth is unique as the only planet in the solar system which can sustain life.…

12 years ago

Japan’s government to probe Tepco radiation cover-up

Japan will investigate a report that workers at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were urged to disguise their…

12 years ago

Vast water source discovered in Namibia

A newly discovered water source in Namibia could have a major impact on development in the driest country in sub-Saharan…

12 years ago

How to stay dry in the rain: run or walk?

Physicist Franco Bocci has put forth new ideas in the long-running question of how best to keep dry when moving…

12 years ago

Petermann Glacier calves off an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan

The Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland has calved an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan, scientists say. Images from a…

12 years ago

Wild bird trafficking in Solomon Islands, says watchdog

Wildlife trade watchdog Traffic has found that the Solomon Islands has become a hub for "laundering" wild birds into the…

12 years ago

Rare footage captures real sound of 1953 A-bomb blast in Nevada

Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the American Institute of Physics, has shared a unique video of a blast…

12 years ago

Spatial light modulator used to see around corners

Israeli scientists have found a novel way to get images through "scattering" materials such as frosted glass or skin, and…

12 years ago