Antarctica’s Blood Falls teems life from unexpected source

Well, at least the continent’s striking Blood Falls are. Situated on the eastern edge of the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo ...

Segway announces the Xyber Air, a streamlined street-focused e-bike

The Xyber Air builds on Segway's features-enriched e-moto platform, and we've got the first look at its distinctive ...

7 peculiar pets in history: From a beer-drinking elk to the Pope’s elephant

King Manuel I of Portugal sent an Indian elephant to Rome in 1514, a gift for the newly elected Pope Leo X and the first the city had seen until then. Leo was besotted with it. The elephant, Hanno, ...

How to watch a live deep-sea exploration in the Pacific

Since July 19, a crew on the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Okeanos ship has conducted ...