
The Curious Extinction of the Carolina Parakeet: An Avian Cold Case
The North American parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance.
1970-01-01 08:00

Britain may designate genomics sector as critical infrastructure
By Alistair Smout LONDON Britain is exploring designating its genomics sector as critical national infrastructure, Deputy Prime Minister
1970-01-01 08:00

New App Takes You Inside the Edinburgh of the 16th Century
Researchers have reconstructed how the Scottish city would have looked shortly before it was largely destroyed by the English army in 1544.
1970-01-01 08:00

Poster Artist Drew Struzan Changed the Way We See Movies
You may not know his name, but he designed all of your favorite movie posters.
1970-01-01 08:00

EU antitrust regulators halt Amazon, iRobot probe, await info
BRUSSELS EU antitrust regulators have delayed their investigation into Amazon's $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker
1970-01-01 08:00

Alex Trebek’s Favorite Jeopardy! Interview Was With a 1987 Teen Who Played the Bagpipes and Wrote Bad Poetry
“Roses are red / Violets are blue / Some poems rhyme / And some don’t.” —Dana Venator at the 1987 ‘Jeopardy!’ Teen Tournament.
1970-01-01 08:00

On This Day in 1962, NASA Launched and Destroyed Mariner 1
A software error coupled with a radar failure led to the loss of NASA's first Venus probe.
1970-01-01 08:00

10 Facts About Guinea Worm Disease
Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease is, by all accounts, pretty awful: A person with the disease hosts a parasitic worm that forms a painful blister under the skin that eventually bursts, allowing the worm to emerge and lay its eggs in water. Those afflicted don't just endure pain (although there's plenty of that); they also run the risk of secondary infection and permanent paralysis, and there are economic consequences to the disease, too.
1970-01-01 08:00

UK scientist who created Dolly the Sheep clone dies at 79
LONDON British scientist Ian Wilmut, whose research was central to the creation of the famous cloned animal, Dolly
1970-01-01 08:00

Jeff Bezos Is Helping to Build a Clock Meant to Keep Time for 10,000 Years
It's 500 feet tall and is being built inside of a mountain.
1970-01-01 08:00

Want Pizza...from Your Toaster?
This 1999 commercial takes pizza too far.
1970-01-01 08:00

8 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Big Bang
The birth of our universe happened at least 13 billion years ago—and you may have seen it on TV.
1970-01-01 08:00