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ROB LANGSTAFF knows shoes. He spent 16 years working for Adidas, including two years as president of Adidas Japan and one year as president of Adidas America. Yet, when he [...]

Visitors to New York City can look forward to riding the world's largest Ferris wheel. Scheduled to open in 2015 on Staten Island, the wheel will stand 191 meters (625 [...]

Bottlenotes.com has become the favorite online destination for 20- to 30-somethings who are new to wine and curious about it. Founded by Alyssa Rapp in 2005, the company has increased [...]

Last April, scientists in California announced a first: They gave a rat a new kidney that they grew themselves! This raises hope that doctors could one day create new kidneys [...]

The alien blobs in this lake in Alberta, Canada, are actually frozen bubbles-and they could be dangerous if they escape. Bacteria in lakes break down plants and other material, producing [...]

For the past 40 years, this flaming pit has been burning in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. In 1971, Russian geologists accidentally drilled into a huge underground cavern, causing the [...]

When dirt or dust overloads your nose's filtering system, a sneeze blasts out the irritants. It also reboots your sniffer--helping to clear your airways even more, according to a new [...]

The article focuses on the immune system review by physicians during annual medical checkup. Topics mentioned include the public health management, the immune cells analysis, and the importance of DNA analysis. Also mentioned are the management of patients diagnosis, the disease progression, and the importance of vaccination.

This section offers news briefs on science as of April 15, 2013, including the new title given by astronomers to a giant gas cloud in space, the ability of some spiders to web giant spider-shaped decoys to confuse predators and the ability of the bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans to turn poison into gold based on a study by researchers from Michigan State University.

This section offers news briefs related to science as of January 14, 2013, including the identification of a fossil of a tiny dinosaur named Pegomastax africanus by paleontologist Paul Sereno, new ingredients for the face paint used by soldiers developed by chemists at the University of Southern Mississippi, and an artificial cornea developed by German researcher Joachim Storsberg.

This section offers news briefs related to science as of November 19, 2012, including the changing landscape of the Earth as caught by the Landsat program, a disaster-proof school desk created by designers from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Israel, and the color-changing skin of squid.

The article offers suggestions for people in the U.S. on how to plan for old age while living good life in younger days. It is suggested that to make sure one has enough money for one's retirement days, one is supposed to maximize one's 401(k) contributions, invest in index funds and growth stocks. It is advised that buying Uruguayan real estate is fairly straightforward because foreigners have the same property rights as locals. One can also invest in wind and solar energy. It has been stated to look for land that is close to transmission lines and where the wind blows with an average velocity of at least 17 mph.

The article discusses Canada's tar sands as the primary source of U.S. imported oil and explores whether the energy produced will be worth the economic and environment costs to extract it. Topics include an overview of the oil sand industry in Alberta, Canada, the U.S. reliance on extreme extraction from Canada's tar sands, and the environmental impact of extracting oil from oil sand reserves.

The article focuses on graphene and its possible application in electronics as a replacement for silicon in microchips. The article describes graphene as an allotrope of carbon in a single layer one-atom thick. Useful traits of graphene are mentioned, including a lower electron resistance than silicon, and the ease with which electricity can be controlled when the two-dimensional material is used with small devices, as compared to three-dimensional silicon transistors.

The article discusses a study by an international team of environmental scientists that concluded that the world's rivers are at risk from pollution, urbanization, and the construction of dams and reservoirs, which threaten the world's water supply.

The article discusses the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and why it was not as dangerous as the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted it would be.

The article discusses research reported by virologist Preston Marx and team on the age of the primate virus SIV said to be the precursor to the human pathogen HIV.

The article reports on a study suggesting that prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), chemicals used in flame retardants, may have an adverse effect on later aptitude.