However much we love the newly purchased handbags, they will turn old and would likely be put away or even thrown away by us as new ones are pushing in to replace them. Throwing the old bags into the garbage cans is not an environmental friendly act. We should try to go with the “green” concept which is gaining increasing attention in our daily and recycle the old handbags. Here comes the... 

There are many positive effects of using a hybrid car on the environment, and this is one of the main reasons why many people have chosen to buy a hybrid over a conventional gas-powered automobile. Here are some of the ways that buying a hybrid can help save the environment: 1. A hybrid car burns less gasoline and thus, emits fewer toxic emissions. Although the amount of the reduction varies depending... 

Cell phones have become an essential gadget in every one’s life and they play a major role in transferring important messages at the right time. It enables people to communicate with the world from mountain tops or even jungles. Thus, it has made Earth a global village! Technology has been constantly improving, leading to newer models of mobile phones and people crave continuously for them.... 

Stargazers from across the globe gathered together to watch one of the rarest astronomical spectacles today. From the U.S. and UK to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky to make sure they caught the planet Venus passing directly between the sun and Earth – a transit that won’t occur again for another 105 years. The transit of Venus happens in... 

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may have found evidence for a cluster of young, blue stars encircling one of the first intermediate-mass black holes ever discovered. Astronomers believe the black hole may once have been at the core of a now-disintegrated unseen dwarf galaxy. The discovery of the black hole and the possible star cluster has important implications for understanding... 

More than 100 people have been killed and many are missing after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Scores of houses were destroyed by waves after the 7.7 magnitude quake, which struck 20km (13 miles) under the ocean floor near the Mentawai islands. Ten villages on the islands were swept away by the tsunami, a disaster official told the AFP news agency. Damage... 

Andre Geim (left) and Konstantin Novoselov have received the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery of graphene. Credit Picture: Sergeom/Wikimedia Commons; R. Hart Two-dimensional carbon sheets discovered in 2004 By Laura Sanders Web edition : Tuesday, October 5th, 2010  Read More →

Woman receiving a mammogram. Credit: National Cancer Institute/Rhoda Baer NASA software used to enhance Earth Science Imagery could one day aid in the interpretation of mammograms, ultrasounds and other medical imagery. The new MED-SEG system, developed by Bartron Medical Imaging, Inc., a Connecticut-based small company, with satellite offices in Maryland, relies on an innovative software program... 

To figure out whether the universe is actually a maze of multiple universes, scientists propose studying strange substances called metamaterials that might replicate the properties of spacetime. Move over Harry Potter, and take your invisibility cloak with you. Alice’s looking glass may be the latest bit of literary magic worthy of physics laboratories. Rather than using substances known as... 

A small creature called a Durrell’s vontsira is the first new carnivore species discovered in more than 20 years. The critter was caught in the wetlands of Madagascar’s largest lake and probably eats mollusks and other shellfish. By Rachel Ehrenberg Credit: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Web edition : Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 <br> Scientists have found the first new carnivore...