
Hong Kong welcomes Veda, the first vegetarian restaurant inside upscale hotel Ovolo
Hong Kong’s vegan and vegetarian scene has proliferated in the last few years, and now the autonomous territory...

Follow this diet for both personal and planetary health
If you have been looking for the ideal diet for your own personal health that also benefits the planet, a scientific...

Scientists just detected helium in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time
For the first time, researchers have identified the presence of helium within the atmosphere of a planet beyond...

These diamonds from outer space hint at a long-lost planet
Diamonds in a meteorite that crashed into Earth years ago have now given scientists a glimpse into the universe's...

Planet parade to dazzle stargazers this week — here's what you need to know
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn: those are the planets stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere will be...

Our solar system is now tied with Kepler-90 for number of planets circling a star
Eight planets circle our sun (sorry, Pluto), but our solar system is no longer unique in that number. NASA recently...

NASA communicates with spacecraft 13 billion miles from Earth
For the first time in 37 years, NASA has communicated with Voyager 1 - which is 13 billion miles away from Earth....

Kepler data reveals 20 potential habitable worlds
Many people once thought Earth was unique in outer space in its ability to support life. Recent discoveries could...

Scientists observe 'diamond rain' similar to that found on icy giant planets
You may have heard that icy planets like Neptune and Uranus experience diamond rain. But now, scientists have been...

New research shows there may be 10 planets in our solar system
Don't get your hopes up - scientists aren't making Pluto a planet again just yet. But the number of planets that...

NASA identifies 219 new planet candidates - and 10 potential 'Earths'
Our knowledge of the galaxy just expanded significantly, thanks to NASA's Kepler space telescope. The exoplanet-finding...

NASA scientists propose to make Pluto a planet again
Alan Stern has never been happy with Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet. Principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons...

Molten jet stream found hurtling through Earth's core
When you think of a jet stream, you probably think of air currents in the atmosphere, but new data from the European...

New documentary 'Earth: A New Wild' illustrates connection between humans and nature
[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNviUnDIPLQ] This week, a new documentary series debuts that might...

Worldmapper Cartograms Revisualize the World
CO2 levels in 2000 Whereas standard maps offer an approachable means of visualizing the world, Worldmapper's...