Secret of bees' honeycomb'
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For thousands of years, thinkers have marvelled at the feat of engineering that is the honeycomb.
Each waxy cell is a perfect hexagon, its six wafer-thin sides providing not only strength to the honeycomb structure but also the smartest way to store honey.
Scientists discover world’s biggest virus
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The Pandoravirus does not look like anything else, and could be an alien life form – but it's not going to make us sick.
It's called the Pandoravirus and it might be the world's biggest virus yet.
'Comet of the Century'? We'll soon find out
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The comet ISON will make its closest pass to the sun on Nov. 28, and there's a good possibility a spectacular light show will follow.
Space scientists are fanatically tracking a recently discovered comet that is streaking toward the sun, waiting to see if it will live up to its hype as a possible "Comet of the Century."
Hand Tree Air-Purifying Bracelets
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As our world becomes more polluted, design students entering the Electrolux Design Lab competition are sprinting toward a solution. Here's one idea called the Hand Tree, a wristband that works as a personal air purifier that cleans the air around you, and perhaps across our entire planet.
Nasa's Hubble telescope discovers new Neptune moon
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Designated S/2004 N 1, this is the 14th known moon to circle the giant planet
An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday.
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