St Elmo’s fire can be described as a more or less continuous, luminous electrical discharge in the atmosphere, which emanates from elevated objects above the Earth’s surface
The Solar Impulse, an experimental aircraft that is powered solely from sunlight, has made its first ever 24-hour flight
This is a widespread myth and has some variations, sometimes the spoon must be silver other times the material doesn’t matter
The Freedom Driver has enabled the first American with a totally artificial heart to leave hospital
The world’s largest hard-shelled turtle has been announced by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to be under threat from the continued oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico
The European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) has just imaged the Earth’s gravity in HD
Ants, like all insects, don’t have lungs, breathing through tiny holes in their sides – spiracles – one pair per segment
Microwaves are a kind of electromagnetic wave and as such can create electric currents in metals
Diet cola is actually not a modified form of the original cola recipe but is produced from an entirely different recipe
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