SCIENCE

The holidays are fast approaching and along with the good cheer the season brings is the good food that will inevitably bloat your stomach past its bursting point. But can you really eat so much that your stomach bursts?

In the future you might not have to deal with rude drivers and speeding cars because cars will be completely autonomous.

What's the future of transportation? You would be tempted to think of flying cars and hover boards but simply put the technology isn't there yet for mass produced flying cars.

Animals especially dogs have different characteristics that can be scientifically modified to extend their lives and preserve their breeds or species. However, is it the best thing to do?

NASA’s Expedition 30 crew need not take shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft after flight controllers determined that the Fengyun 1C satellite debris poses no threat of the International Space Station crew.

Cyborg insects can possibly be the first to check and monitor hazardous places instead of man. Doing so, dangerous accidents can be prevented and at the same time, people will easily know the status of the area. These roboinsects will be able to check if there are trapped victims or potential explosion.

Dreaming has always been a mystical affair with people; letting them travel and experience things that may be foreign to them. But in addition to giving people a sense of exploration, new research found that dreams may also take away some of the hurt when it comes to emotionally painful experiences.

Companies are buying more certified sustainable palm oil than ever before - but urgent action is still needed to avoid the irreversible loss of tropical forests and species such as tigers, according to WWF's latest assessment of palm oil buyers.

Type-2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, has afflicted thousands, if not millions, of people around the world. But thanks to modern medicine, a drug called metformin was created to control the effects of the disease. Now, new research shows that not only does metformin control a person's blood sugar, but it also prevents cancer from growing.

The European Space Agency’s tracking station at Perth, Australia has established contact with Russian’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft on Tuesday, Nov. 22, the first since the spacecraft was lost in Earth’s orbit.

The first 60 penguins have been released from the Wildlife Recovery Centre at Mount Maunganui beach this afternoon.

The mercury's rising and summer's in full swing. It's the season to cook outdoors, camp under the stars, and drive off into the sunset for a bit of time out.

A new study where embryonic stem cells were turned into functioning neurons and successful implanted into the brains of laboratory mice represents a crucial step toward deploying customized cells to repair damaged or diseased brains.

Test your knowledge: What duo hosted the parade nearly as long as Al Roker? What happens to all those balloons in the off-season?

Curiosity, a state-of-the-art rover that will be launched on Nov. 26 with the Mars Science Laboratory probe, will attempt to answer the question on whether life can or could have lived in the Red Planet.

Polar ice sheets have accelerated their retreat while global temperatures added up 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since the onset of frenetic industrial activities, prompting scientists to suggest that time may be running out to arrest the ill-effects of climate change.

Could Pluto's icy surface hide an ocean underneath? This question and other mysteries surrounding the distant object, once considered the farthest planet from the sun, may be answered when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft finally reaches Pluto in 2015.

NASA's newest satellite from the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) recently took incredible high-resolution images of Earth covering the eastern area of North America until the northern part of Venezuela.

Russia’s space officials have considered the Phobos-Grunt mission, which aimed to bring soil from a Martian moon back to Earth, “lost”.

Psychopaths are the stuff of suspense movies. Painted as cold and calculating, they can dispatch people without any trace of remorse. But that depiction in the movies may not be purely fictitious as research finds evidence inside the brains of psychopaths.

A 4-inch piece of debris from the destroyed Chinese Fengyun 1C was seen to head towards the International Space Station prompting NASA’s Mission Control to warn the Expedition 30 crew of a possible collision.

Thanksgiving is already here, and right this very moment people are all busy grabbing a turkey, getting ingredients, and of course, looking for stretchable pants to wear for dinner. It's no secret that almost everyone indulges a little too far every year in this joyous holiday. But like a hangover, people live to regret the fact that they overate the next day.

Some people cannot stand coffee. They're either not used to its taste, or didn't form the habit of drinking it to begin with. However, with new research arising, some people, more specifically women, might want to pick up a cup and start the habit.

A new generation robotic lander capable of performing science and exploration research on the moon, asteroids or on Mars will soon be developed with the successful completion of the final flight in a series of tests for the robotic lander prototype.

Lighting Sprites are colorful bursts of electricity that can stretch for more than 95 kilometers (58 miles) from cloud tops. These mysterious and beautiful lightning phenomena had only been captured in photos in 1994 and since then scientists haven't been able to look away from the light show the upper atmosphere provides. Now scientists from Tel Aviv University are proposing that lighting sprites can even be found in outer space.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is on track for launch in 2018 with the approval of the US Congress of the 2012 budget for NASA, which includes $530 million for the JWST.

Imagine one day going to an elevator and pressing the button for the top floor but instead of getting off at the penthouse or even the roof of the building, you'll be stepping out into outer space.

Science enthusiasts should mark May 20, 2012 in their calendars as this is the date of a spectacular annular (“ring”) eclipse that will be visible from parts of eight western U. S. states and in many other countries all over the world.

Daniel, the dog who survived the gas chamber at a county pound in Alabama has found his new forever home in New Jersey.