Alexander BesantJune 19, 2013 02:56

Europe's deep space Herschel telescope was decommissioned Monday and will be free to float around the sun for eternity.

Our early ancestors loved the taste of grass, study says

Alexander BesantJune 4, 2013 20:19

A new study of early human fossils found that our ancestors expanded their diets about 3.5 million years ago.

Alexander BesantJune 4, 2013 16:19

Amazing sheepdogs protect little penguins in Australia (VIDEO)

The canine bodyguards introduced to the island in 2006 have been so effective at their job that the penguin population has soared from 10 to about 200.

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Italian sheepdogs on the remote Middle Island off of Australia have managed to protect a group of rare Penguins who faced extinction. (Wikipedia/Wikimedia commons)

Animals helping animals: that's what life is all about on a remote island off of southern Australia.

Europe's Herschel space telescope decommissioned and sent floating

Our early ancestors loved the taste of grass, study says

Amazing sheepdogs protect little penguins in Australia (VIDEO)

France's wine has Italian origins dating to 500 BC

Zinc-air battery created at Stanford may eventually replace lithium-ion

Smell determines how mosquitoes find human prey, study says

Ancient cave paintings found in northeastern Mexico

Ecuador's only satellite damaged by Russian space debris

Ecuador's only satellite damaged by Russian space debris

Ecuador's only satellite damaged by Russian space debris