Earth
"Anyone who thinks there isn�t a change in weather patterns is denying reality," says Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York state, which bore the brunt of the superstorm. Many climate scientists would agree with Cuomo when it comes to identifying the caus...

Money
They say �money makes the world go round,� and long before the invention of money as we know it, people were using goods such as salt, cattle and even weapons as forms of currency. From China�s �flying money� to Siberian �soft gold,� here are eight things...

Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 � April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military, and moral ...

United States of America
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital distric...

Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 2 October 1869 � 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspire...

DNA
Sperm contributes more to the next generation than just its DNA. Evolutionary ecologist Dr Angela Crean, of the University of New South Wales, and colleagues, report their findings in a recent issue of PLoS ONE. "Differences in sperm traits can infl...

Space Station
A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space (most commonly in low Earth orbit) for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguis...

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein understood the problems of the cosmological constant three quarters of a century before dark energy�s discovery Credit: wikimedia commons/Ferdinand Schmutzer. Historic letters reveal Einstein and Schrodinger discussed the concept of dar...

Dinosaurs
Contrary to previous understanding, lizards and snakes were nearly wiped out along with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, say researchers. Palaeontologist Dr Nicholas Longrich, of Yale University, and colleagues, report their findings today in the Pr...

Satellite
The world first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Since then, thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around the Earth. Some satellites, notably space stations, have been launched in parts and ass...