Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years
The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells...
  Lyrid Meteor Shower of 2012
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Saturday night and Sunday morning, April 21-22. It's a relatively small shower -- 20 shooting stars per hour -- but a new moon should mean darker skies and better seeing.
Pakistan restores access to Twitter
 Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
New app identifies faces in photos
TORONTO (Reuters) - Imagine taking a snapshot of a group of friends and having your smartphone instantly reveal the identity of everyone in the photo. A new iPhone app called KLiK performs real-time facial recognition to automatically identify and tag friends in photos. "It's our most recent evolution of both the platform and the consumer product that we're offering," said Gil Hirsch, the CEO of the facial recognition technology platform Face.com, which launched the app. "We noticed that at parties or events there were many photos being taken but only a few were actually getting tagged. ... 'Mario Tennis Open' Opens on the Nintendo 3DS
On May 20th "Mario Tennis Open" goes online, offering fierce on-the-go 3D tennis matches by way of the Nintendo 3DS.
What World War II Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Downplaying or ignoring a coming catastrophe won't make it go away.
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