They lurk below the waters just a stone’s throw from the beaches off Cape Cod and the number spotted in recent years has grown. White Sharks — popularly referred to as “great whites” — are seeking seals for dinner and the exploding population is drawing the predators close to shore. …
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In Iron Man 2, industrialist Tony Stark needs to create a new element — so he builds a particle accelerator in his workshop. Is that really possible? The answer may surprise you. The palladium that powers Tony Stark’s arc reactor — and, by extension, his Iron Man exoskeleton suit — …
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Forget the mile-high club. Who’s joined the million-mile high club? NASA has always been silent on the subject of sex in space — which makes people all the more curious. How would it work? Has anyone done it before? Can a child be conceived in zero-G? With few animal tests …
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An environmental report issued by an agency of the United Nations last month has some critics sounding the alarm, saying it is a clarion call for “global governance” over how the Earth is managed. The report, “21 Issues for the 21st Century,” from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Foresight …
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