· Whales May Change Color with Age, Stress
Can whales change color due to age, illness and/or stress? Marine biologist and noted whale expert Carrie Newell suspects they might. Since 1992, Newell has been documenting the comings and goings of gray whales at Depoe Bay, Oregon. A small ...

· Geneva Atom Smasher Sets Record for Beam Energy
The world's largest atom smasher has just broken its own record, and it's just getting started.

· Earliest Signature of Renaissance Artist Raphael Found in Painting
Art experts find what they believe is the earliest signature of the master Raphael, hidden within a painting's arabesque decorations.

· Cat Fur Puts Criminals Behind Bars
Cat fur could be effectively used as forensic evidence to solve criminal cases.

· Turbulence Tamed in Water Pipes
A technique to keep turbulence down in pipes could save money and could even be used to make vessels more fuel efficient and keep arteries clear.

· Is There Water On The Moon? Bucketloads.
A huge quantity of water has been discovered in craters at the north lunar pole, enough water to supply a large US city for three years. Also, there also appears to be evidence for a lunar "hydrosphere".

· iPhone App Helps Zap City Blight
Tap an icon on the phone's screen to record city eyesores and then keep track of when fixes are made.

· Watching the Seismic Dragon Sleep
Monitoring the periodic twitches in North America's most dangerous fault has got to be a nerve-wracking occupation.

· A Major Blow to Bluefin Tuna
A proposed global ban on trading the fish failed today, leaving their future in jeopardy.

· Five Explorer Robots We Really, Really Miss
A few days ago, I was saddened by the news that we had lost ABE, the Autonomous Benthic Explorer, off the coast of Chile. For 15 years, ABE had plumbed the depths, literally and figuratively, for the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

· Red River Flooding Brings Nostalgia
The flooding in North Dakota brings back one reporter's memories of a community determined to hold back the high waters.

· NASA Mission Posters Bring the Cheese
Blasting humans into the unforgiving vacuum of space is cool and all, but do you really expect us to buy into it without snazzy poster art? NASA's thinking exactly.

· Dinosaurs Did Not Gradually Die Out
Non-avian dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, and now researchers have proven that this die-off didn't happen over a long period of time. A detailed look at dinosaur bones, tracks and eggs located at 29 archaeological sites located in ...

· Invisibility Cloak Goes 3D
The magical cloak featured in the Harry Potter series just took one step closer to reality.

· Honey Bees Disappearing: Still A Problem
The 2010 prognosis for honey bees doesn't look good, according to Jeff Pettis, Research Leader at the USDA Bee Lab. Although hard data won't be available until April, preliminary surveys of our nation's beekeepers suggest that at least as many ...

· Wild Horses Respond to Native American Drumming
Wild horses appear to possess an instinctual response to Native American drumming, as evidenced by a recent event at Red Horse Nation.

· Don't Reset Facebook Password
If you get a message in Facebook saying that your password needs to be reset, don't do it. Virus-tainted spam targeting 400 million Facebook has run amok. You could be at risk for giving out personal information that could put ...

· Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bear Trade Ban Rejected
A U.N. wildlife meeting has rejected two proposals that would stop poaching and trade of these endangered species.

· Anne Frank Book Sheds New Light on Diarist
Anne Frank was a gifted storyteller, even while enduring the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp, according to a new book.

· Space Station Crew Lands In 'Blizzard-Like' Conditions
Ahoy there! NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Russia's Maxim Suraev landed in blustery Kazakhstan this morning, wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Winds were so high, the crew's Soyuz capsule tipped over on its side at ...