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The European Space Agency’s Rosetta orbiter, which has been circling comet 67P?Churyumov-Gerasimenko for nearly two years, has identified glycine, an amino acid used by living organisms to make proteins. The orbiter also found the molecules hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen sulfide, as well as phosphorus—a…

In 1950, a B-36 bomber carrying a training nuclear weapon crashed in the ocean off the western coast of Canada. The crew jettisoned the bomb before bailing out themselves. For over 60 years the Mark 4 bomb lay undiscovered on the ocean floor. That all changed when Sean Smyrichinsky may have inadvertently…

A London-based diamond retailer launched a 1.14-carat diamond into the air attached to a weather balloon. The promotion announced that whoever found the diamond could keep it. Then things went a little haywire. It drifted off course and the tracking GPS system failed. For several months people carefully…

Kynan Eng is president of a computer company that uses computers and brain research to help people live better lives. Eng wanted to use his expertise to respond to online questions about the intersection of neuroscience and human-computer interaction. When we went to Quora, he found himself distracted…

Astronomers first spotted an odd looking asteroid in September of 2013. At the time, it looked appeared to be an unusual fuzzy object in space. Two weeks later, closer observations reveal what appeared to be three bodies moving together in a cloud of dust roughly the diameter of the Earth. To get a better…

Meteorologists were stumped by a strange cloud that appeared on the Doppler radar screens. The cloud was directly over the city of St. Louis and was moving slowly to the south, changing shape as it traveled. After a couple of hours of research and consternation, they figured out that though the cloud…

In ancient Egypt common people, not able to afford the gold used by pharaohs, used papyrus, paint, and glue to make the masks for their mummies. Papyrus too, was expensive, causing them to reuse sheets that had once been used for writing. Recently scientists developed a method to remove the glue of mummy…

Published November 06, 2013 FoxNews.com The human knee has more components than previously thought. Two Belgian knee surgeons have discovered a previously unknown ligament located in the muscles and tendons of the human knee – a part they have named the anterolateral ligament (ALL). According to the…

A routine audit of police cold cases led to the discovery of a Canadian man who had been missing for nearly 4 decades and had started a new life in Oklahoma. Police in Ontario, Canada said that 32-year-old Ronald Stan was reported missing after a barn fire in 1977. Canadian courts declared Stan dead…

A carved pillar discovered near the Biblical city of Bethlehem could be linked to the time of King David and King Solomon, but the current politic situation has made the item untouchable. Israeli tour guide Binyamin Tropper says at first he thought he was the first person to discover the five-ton artifact,…

Published January 29, 2013 FoxNews.com A California book repairer reportedly knew something was unusual when she opened up an old Bible found last week amid thousands of materials donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library. But little did she know that the 31 signatures on the Bible’s first…

After years of research on the impact of earthquakes, scientists generally agree that although quakes may cause a lot of damage on the earth’s surface, generally the blocks of crust spring back to their original position after a few years. Geologists studying the effects of quakes in the dry climate…

After recent revelations about the collection of electronic records regarding American citizens, Russia, which played a role in the revelations, has announced that they will go back to keeping paper records. Russia’s Federal Guard Service has decided to revert to using more typewriters and paper documents.…

While scholars debate exactly what it is, a mysterious limestone tablet featuring the name of the archangel Gabriel is the highlight of an exhibit in Jerusalem. The “Gabriel Stone” is believed to have been found near the Dead Sea several years ago and contains 87 lines of an unknown prophetic text that…

Physicists in Switzerland have announced that they have discovered a sub atomic particle that could change our understanding of the universe. Scientists using the large Hadron Collider say they have isolated the particle known as the Higgs Boson. The particle could explain why other particles have mass…

The Mars rover, Curiosity, has found another striking example of God’s creative power on the red planet. The rover took a picture of a shiny object that bears a resemblance to a door handle or hood ornament. Scientists say the unique find is not evidence of an ancient civilization on mars that took the…

When explorers discover an unknown island, it is big news. When researchers “undiscover” an island, no one seems to notice. Researchers from Australia officially removed a mysterious place called Sandy Island from Google Earth, after they sailed to the supposed location of the island and found nothing…

In August of 2012 NASA landed a rover on the surface of our neighboring planet Mars. It should provide some good research and fantastic pictures for some time to come. It is not without some persistence and patience that it is there. Of the 41 missions sent to Mars by various space agencies, 26 have…

Scientists say the fruit of the Pollia Condesata plant may be the shiniest living thing on earth. The iridescent blue of the African fruit becomes a metallic blue brighter than any other biological material. Oddly, they say the fruit is neither tasty nor nourishing, and it does not contain any special…

Published December 24, 2011 | Space.com An ancient galaxy that formed just after the birth of the universe has been photographed by telescopes on Earth and in space, and is the brightest galaxy ever seen at such remote distances, astronomers say. The blob-shaped galaxy, called GN-108036, is about 12.9…

On September 23, 1846 Astronomers determined that the newly discovered object in the sky was a planet. They named it Neptune. 165 years later, in July 2011 Neptune completes its first journey around the sun since its discovery. One year on Neptune is like 165 earth years. --World, July 16, 2011 p. 6…

People often report seeing images of Jesus in trees, buildings, or slices of toast. Researchers say the surprising image that appeared in a cancer tumor has been inspirational from them. Scientists at the Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research created a cancer protein 12 years ago so they…

Scientists were shocked to find a worm living deeper inside the earth than they previously believed possible. The discovery of the small worm 2.2 miles beneath the surface was a surprise because researchers believed only single celled bacteria could survive at that depth. The worm feeds on bacteria and…

Astronomers from the University of Hawaii have captured what they believe is the first direct image of the forming of a planet. Adam Kraus from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy said the planet is forming out of dust and gas circling a star about 450 light years away. According to the…

Astronomers continue to find more wonders in the far reaches of outer space. Recently researchers in London announced they had spotted an exotic planet that might be a giant diamond racing around a tiny star. The planet orbits a dense neutron star in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun.…