New Bionic Eyes Are Powered By Light Researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California recently announced the invention of a new retinal implant design. The new implants, or bionic eyes, are powered by light. A special pair of glasses, fitted with a video camera, sends beams of near-infrared light to the implants. The implants, which are basically tiny solar cells, absorb the light and send... 

Facebook users all over the world might soon be offered the chance to pay to post. Facebook members who want to make sure that their post are read by everyone on their friends list might soon be given the option to make that happen by making a small payment by PayPal. The new pay to post feature is already being used in New Zealand. There are no immediate plans of when the feature will be released... 

An internet blogger is making the claim that NASA took their high-tech telescope offline this past May 4 within 24-hours of his posting a video on YouTube showing what he believes is a UFO hovering above the surface of the sun. The picture does certainly appear an object and not a solar flare. NASA officially stated that the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory or SOHO “went into ‘Emergency... 

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located in the North Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Pacific Trash Vortex, these areas are home to many chemicals, plastics, sludge, and much debris. This was discovered in 1988 by the NOAA, which is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The major source of pollution is plastics and that 80 percent of the garbage is from land. This has had major effects... 

Iceland Leads List of Countries with Most Fresh Water Supply Iceland tops the list of 10 countries around the globe which have access to the most fresh water supply. Iceland can supply amost 300 cubic meters per capita, followed by Gabon, which can supply 176 meters of fresh water per person. Papua New Guinea and Canada rank third and fourth among the countries having the richest amount of fresh... 

For a while now, Rovio Mobile’s smash hit “Angry Birds” has been available for play on Facebook. However, what the game has lacked is the ability to allow your friends to attempt to beat your scores. Rovio Mobile has now announced that, if you have a stage with a high score you are proud of, you may now embed that level and score into your timeline on Facebook, allowing your friends... 

May 4th is being observed by Star Wars fans around the globe as the official Star Wars Day, a time to celebrate and honor the famous science fiction films brought to the silver screen by director George Lucas. The 4thof May was selected on purpose as a pun on the word force used in the often-quoted phrase from the first Star Wars film, “May the force be with you.” Fans of Star Wars culture... 

With the growing trend of social media, Facebook is putting its hat in the ring as well. There are plans for options to become available on the new timeline set-up on Facebook for users to post that they are in need of an organ transplant or are a donor. Links to organizations will also be made readily available. Facebook has 900million users, the new tools will be made available to users in the United... 

There have recently been increased reports around the U.S. Coast of Asian Tiger Shrimp being spotted. Federal biologists have expressed concerned about the fact the species has been encroaching on native territory. Reports of the shrimp being spotted had been fairly normal until last year. While reports numbered 21 in 2008 and 47 in 2009, 2010 actually saw a decline in the number with a reported 32... 

Who’s your daddy? Well if you live in the UK there’s a pretty good chance it’s Bertold Wiesner The owner of a British fertility clinic, who made secret donations of his own sperm, may have fathered up to 600 children. Bertold Wiesner, operated the clinic with his wife, during the 1940s and helped around 1,500 families conceive. A recent round of DNA testing, discovered that two...