LIGO Chirp - The Sound of Two Black Holes Colliding

Gravitational waves sent out from a pair of colliding black holes have been converted to sound waves, as heard in this animation.

Lebanese government hasn't dealt with staggering two million tons of trash in the streets

A health crisis mounts as two million tons of trash spill into the streets, creating what people have begun to call a ‘river of trash‘ that flows through the city, spewing garbage and toxins into the once-beautiful area.

Siemens wins 54-MW onshore wind project in Turkey

Siemens has won an order from Esinti Enerji to install turbines for 54-megawatt onshore wind power plant in western Turkey. The Kinik onshore wind is located 80 kilometers north of the city of Izmir. Siemens will install 17 direct drive wind turbines rated at 3.2 megawatts (MW) capacity each.

NASA's First X-plane is a Bold Step Towards the Resurrection of Supersonic Air Travel

NASA's new series of bullet-shaped X-planes are the first step towards trying to resurrect the dream of supersonic air travel.

Enhanced Training Through Neurostimulation

It’s a case of life imitating art. Much as the sci-fi film “The Matrix” depicted a device capable of enhancing skill acquisition, researchers at HRL Laboratories, LLC, have discovered that low-current electrical brain stimulation can modulate the learning of complex real-world skills.

Building living, breathing supercomputers

The substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers. The discovery opens doors to the creation of biological supercomputers that are about the size of a book.

MIT researchers develop thinnest, lightest solar cells ever made

MIT researchers have developed the thinnest, lightest solar cell to date, which can be placed on a soap bubble without bursting it.

The White House Wants To Use Science Fiction To Settle The Solar System

Earlier this month, the White House's Office of Science and Technology assembled a strange gathering: scientists, artists, engineers, and policy-makers, for a workshop designed to imagine how humanity could settle the solar system.

Black holes banish matter into cosmic voids

Using a computer simulation, astronomers probe the ‘cosmic web’ of the universe, its honeycomb-like structure on the largest scales.

" If we were to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. "
- Carl Sagan -

Singapore's Vanda Electric has unveiled a 1,500 horsepower electric supercar

With 1,500 horsepower on tap and a 0-60 mph time of 2.6 seconds, the Dendrobium has what it takes to take on the world’s best supercars, but with one unique trait – zero emissions.

LED 'Li-Fi' 100 Times Faster than Wi-Fi

In experiments, light-based Internet was fast enough to download the equivalent of 23 DVDs in one second.

Tokyo University Students Use Custom 3D Printing Pen to "Draw" Large 3D Structures

While there are several large-scale construction 3D printers being developed, none of them could really be called elegant or graceful. Mostly these huge machines print utilitarian shapes out in concrete materials that need to be smoothed and considerably altered.

We're one step closer to the end of whale hunting as Iceland halts the practice this year |

With international pressure rising, Iceland whaler Kristjan Loftsson calls off the hunt this season.