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Insulators Made Into Conductors (159 diggs) Most polymers -- materials made of long, chain-like molecules -- are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But scientists have now found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator...

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal (218 diggs) Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground.

When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2? (308 diggs) The carbon equation isn't as straightforward as we might think. Scientists find that rich nations are essentially outsourcing some of their carbon emissions to developing nations through global trade

Will Lunar Hole Become First Settlement on the Moon? (246 diggs) An international team of scientists has discovered an enormous hole that may well become the base for a moon colony. The lunar “lava tube” is not a new find, but the lava sheet that protects it and appears not to be prone to collapse, makes it different from all the others.

Finally see an actual Giant Squid (166 diggs) Controversial anatomist Gunther von Hagens has stuffed the monstrous pair of squid with silicone for preservation. A new technique preserves the squid in a life like form.

Physicists Find Way To See Through Opaque Materials (282 diggs) New experiments show that it's possible to focus light through opaque materials and detect objects hidden behind them, provided you know enough about the material.

Sea lions killed for eating too many salmon (272 diggs) Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and bean bags from shotguns and boats.

A Computer That Processes Faster Than The Speed of Light (402 diggs) Exceeding the speed of light opens one up to all kinds of theoretical problems, but two Austrian researchers claim there's no reason we can't build a computer that processes information at superluminal speeds.

Biblical City's True Location Discovered, Researchers Claim (302 diggs) Scientists think they've finally found the real location of a city mentioned in the bible called Neta'im.

Mile-High Mega-Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power-Plant (266 diggs) Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy.

The Truth About Solar Power [Video] (264 diggs) Solar energy is plentiful. But is it practical?

Engineering a parasite to tell you where it has been (246 diggs) Researchers insert a gene into a parasite that ensures that cells it infects can switch genes on or off, permanently marking infected cells.

How to Reboot Your Corpse (404 diggs) Thousands of bodies are already cryonically frozen, waiting for faster computers and medical advances that will undo their cause of death.

Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet to the West (694 diggs) Precise GPS measurements from before and after the earthquake show that the magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Maule, Chile Feb. 27 moved the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west.

All of Life’s Ingredients Found in Orion Nebula (472 diggs) The ingredients for life as we know it have been found in the Orion Nebula.

8 Cool Ideas For Collecting Wind Energy (242 diggs) Luckily people continue to imagine and design new ways to capitalize on the power of the wind. Let’s take a look at some of the “standard” and not-so-standard ideas for catching the power of the wind..

Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet to the West (571 diggs) The magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Maule, Chile, Feb. 27 moved the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west.

'Black Hole Blowback' Could Impact Galactic Evolution (391 diggs) Languishing in a galactic nuclei 50 million light years away is a voracious eater, destroying stars, but possibly building its host galaxy...twice the mass of the supermassive black hole that lives in the center of the Milky Way. The NGC 1068 supermassive black hole is incredibly active

Europe Outsourcing CO2 Emissions to Developing Economies (282 diggs) A new study tracks CO2 emissions using data while accounting for imported and exported goods, and finds that some European countries are outsourcing up to half of their emissions. China is now the largest emitter of CO2 on the planet, as it powers a large industrial base primarily through the use of coal-fired power plants. However, many of those..

Where Shooting Stars Come From (403 diggs) Here is one detailed explanation of shooting stars. (1 minute 58 seconds)

Physicist says warp speed will kill you (1,015 diggs) One prominent Johns Hopkins physicist claims that even if we could figure out how to travel at near-light speeds, we'd be vaporized--all because of some stray hydrogen atoms.

Which is Better? Recycling or Burning Household Waste? [VID] (244 diggs) Why bother to recycle? Advocates say recycling is essential for a healthy planet, but others say recycling has more to do with conspicuous 'good citizenship' than good waste management. Thomas Deichmann believes the best way to dispose of household waste, he says studies show, is to burn it.

China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard (244 diggs) But at least they got proper prison sentences!

Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve (396 diggs) Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.

A Disturbing New Ad - Rise Above Plastics (570 diggs) There's some scary creatures in the ocean... none more scary than plastic. :(