WASHINGTON (AP) -- The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions. A new study suggests there are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion.
New species of pseudoscorpion discovered at Yosemite
A new venomous animal has been found in the granite caves of Yosemite National Park, according to Texas Tech University's Natural Science Research Laboratory.
The new species, a blind pseudoscorpion called Parobisium yosemite, waits for prey with its venom-filled claws at the ready.
The...
Police have closed East 20th Street between Chestnut and Blake streets while they investigate what appears to be a small, toy robot affixed to a footbridge near Coors Field. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
A robot met its end near Coors Field tonight when the Denver Police Department Bomb Squad detonated the "suspicious object," bringing to an end...
Whether your roommate is Samantha Sleeps-Around or Paul the Prude, cut him or her some slack: People's predilections for promiscuity lie partially in their DNA, according to a new study.
A particular version of a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4 is linked to people's tendency toward both infidelity and uncommitted one-night stands, the...
US space agency Nasa might have discovered a new way in which life can exist - it has issued an invitation to a press conference today, promising revelations...
