Aside from the positronic brains you might see in Star Trek's Data or in Isaac Asimov's robots, there are no computer brains that can mimic a human brain. There is, via IBM, a computer that can mimic a cat brain, however.

As we discussed earlier in the month, the Leonid meteor shower is tonight, Nov. 16th. To be exact, however, peak viewing will be in the early morning hours of Nov. 17th.

NASA executed a flawless space shuttle launch today, as the shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the International Space Station. Atlantis was fully loaded with supplies for the ISS, as the ISS stocks up with only five more shuttle flights on the schedule.

Atlantis, carrying a crew of six and supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) is preparing for launch this afternoon. Recent shuttle launches have been an exercise in fusrtration, but this one is currently scheduled for Monday afternoon at 2:28 PM EST.

Scientists hoped the LCross mission on October 9, 2009 would help them verify that there is water on the moon. The LCROSS Centaur and Spacecraft impacted the moon at approximately 7:30 a.m on October 9 and today NASA reported that they have confirmed that water exists on the moon.

"Peak Oil," which is when the supply and production of oil peaks and then drops off slowly, has already been reached, according to two International Energy Agency (IEA) whistleblowers. These two spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity, with some alarming information.

The world is ending, not! The latest film to portray the end of life as we know, "2012," opens in theaters on Friday, and NASA aims to debunk the myths around the Mayan version of the end of the world.

Look at a bottlenose dolphin and it looks like its grinning. Who would know that beneath that cute exterior could lie a maniacal killer of their relatives, harbor porpoises?

Many people are curious about the water to gas systems that have been heavily advertised lately, and its true, you may want to know some useful facts about water to gas systems.

Congress has approved $1.9 million in federal funding for research to identify the cause and seek solutions to the "white nose syndrome." That disease is a fungal malady that is devastating bat populations in the Northeast part of the United States.