IOTDsolar flarenasaImage of the Day: Intense solar flare caught on cameraMegan WollertonTuesday, April 16, 2013 - 11:36am Credit: NASA has shared this excellent photo series of a solar flare from April 11, 2013.
spaceISSastronautsVideo: How astronauts sleep in space Adario StrangeMonday, April 15, 2013 - 6:29pm ISS astronaut Chris Hadfield has posted a video that gives some insight into exactly how astronauts manage to sleep in zero gravity.
TelescopesspaceWorld's LargestGinormous Thirty Meter Telescope finds its home in HawaiiColin Druce-McFaddenMonday, April 15, 2013 - 5:43pm Credit: This thing is so massive that scientists will basically be able to view the beginning of time.
stephen hawkingEarthspaceStephen Hawking: Humans must escape Earth or perishRobin BurksMonday, April 15, 2013 - 4:58pm Stephen Hawking predicts that humans will die out if we don't escape Earth within the next millennium.
transplantsbioengineeringscienceRat receives world's first functional lab-grown kidneyColin Druce-McFaddenMonday, April 15, 2013 - 2:41pm Credit: Rat families worldwide rejoice. Humans still stuck on the waiting list.
museumsSan Franciscohands-on10 must-see exhibits at San Francisco's new ExploratoriumAlice TruongMonday, April 15, 2013 - 1:55pm Credit: Ahead of its April 17 opening, we scouted 10 amazing exhibits you must check out at your next visit to the Exploratorium.
goose bumpssciencemusic chillsWhat causes goose bumps?Megan WollertonMonday, April 15, 2013 - 11:37am Credit: Learn more about those little bumps that we all get from time to time.
IOTDSlow motionvibrationsVideo of the Day: Watch a tuning fork hit water in slow moMegan WollertonMonday, April 15, 2013 - 10:44am Credit: What does it look like when you slow down the footage and watch the vibrations in slow motion?
Electric impulsesparalysismedical techCircuitry restores monkey's paralyzed paw functionColin Druce-McFaddenFriday, April 12, 2013 - 6:04pm Credit: A monkey has regained mental control of his once-paralyzed paw.
medical techspleenbloodSpleen-on-a-chip pulls dangerous pathogens from bloodMegan WollertonFriday, April 12, 2013 - 5:28pm Credit: This new technology from Harvard could treat infections in the bloodstream.