Footage purports to show a Buk missile launcher, allegedly used by pro-Russian rebels to knock down flight MH17, being smuggled away into Russia with two missiles missing. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, said that the video was made by Ukrainian intelligence agents in ...

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This Incredible Animation Shows How Deep The Ocean Really Is: Just how deep does the ocean go? Way further than you think. This animation puts the actual distance into perspective, showing a vast distance between the waves we see and the mysterious point we call Challenger Deep.

This visualization is based on the first three-dimensional numerical model of melting snowflakes in the atmosphere, developed by scientist Jussi Leinonen of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. A better understanding of how snow melts can help scientists recognize the signature ...

Life in the 1950s was very different from what it is today. Lacking the technology of the 21st century, it was a much simpler time. People weren’t distracted by personal devices and spent more time face to face and outside enjoying nature. While it’s often considered an idyllic generation, there we

Mars Dune Alpha, the 3D-printed Habitat Located at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Will Aid in Long-duration Science Missions ICON, developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials, announced it has been awarded a subcontract through Jacob

Perhaps you've punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that's just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries, while also turn ...

The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "artificial mountain"), is a huge complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid (temple) in the New World, as well as the largest pyramid known to exist in the world today. For ...

While Eddie Redmayne was in Los Angeles for the 88th annual Academy Awards, the actor nominated for playing trans pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl took some time out of his schedule to visit and record a PSA for LA’s LGBT Center. Redmayne toured the Center’s Youth Center and spoke with about 70

A photo taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter appears to show spiders walking across the surface of Mars, but, in this case, things do not always look as they appear.