http://science-news.org Read the latest top stories in topics ranging from Health to Technology - We Update often with the most intriguing information - Explore the incredible Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:02:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Honda has released its hydrogen fuel cell car. Called the Honda "FCX Clarity" the car runs on only electricity and hydrogen. It is two times more energy efficient than a gas-electric hybrid car and three times more efficient than a standard gasoline powered car. The FCX is completely clean and ... http://science-news.org/honda/honda-releases-hydrogen-car/ The hunt for true "Earth-like" planets is heated, with many participants eagerly searching, hoping to be the first to find one. We are not there yet, but getting very close. At the American Astronomical Society (AAS) researcher David Bennett announced the finding of an extrasolar planet called ... http://science-news.org/nasa/smallest-extrasolar-planet-found/ Twenty years from now the United States may be getting 20 percent of its electricity from wind power. A report released from industry experts and Energy Department Labs stated we can achieve this within the next two decades. Currently 20 percent of the electricity in the United States is generated through ... http://science-news.org/carbon-emissions/wind-could-produce-20-percent-of-us-electricity-by-2030/ Artificial food coloring ingredients (food dye) contain plenty of chemicals. Many are derived from highly toxic sources and can cause many different diseases, disorders, and mutations in humans. Although it seems unlikely that a trivial amount of food coloring in a piece of a candy you eat (like ... http://science-news.org/artificial-food-coloring/artificial-food-coloring-dangers/ Australia's Koalas are being threatened by rising carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere. Their survival is at stake because the Eucalyptus leaves they feed on are losing their nutrients from the worsening air quality. In fact, rising carbon dioxide are making the plants become toxic because they start producing ... http://science-news.org/global-warming/australias-koalas-threatened-by-global-warming/ A magnitude 6.8 earthquake off the coast of Japan hit Tokyo early Wednesday morning. Seismologists said the epicenter of the quake was 100 miles northeast of Tokyo, and struck at 16:45 GMT. A half an hour later a second quake hit the same area with a magnitude of 5.3. No injuries have ... http://science-news.org/earthquake/tokyo-shaken-by-68-earthquake/ Yahoo unveiled a new feature today that will improve the security of searching the Web. The service is called "SearchScan". It's a combination of McAfee's SiteAdvisor technology and Yahoo Search. Basically while browsing with "SearchScan" a warning sign will pop up next to malicious links identified by McAfee. Once marked as ... http://science-news.org/yahoo/yahoo-and-mcafee-team-up-to-make-searching-safer/ Today Microsoft and the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group announced an agreement to put Microsoft's Automotive Platform into their cars. This is the technology behind the Ford Sync. Ford Sync allows users to integrate their cell phones and mp3 players into their cars by controlling many aspects of them through voice commands. It's ... http://science-news.org/microsoft-sync/hyundai-and-kia-cars-will-get-microsoft-software/ After years of development Tesla is rolling out the "Roadster". This electric car has been making headlines for quite a while. It's an all electric sports car that looks sexy. This car completely destroys all stereotypical electric car designs. The Roadster costs $110,000 but comes with oodles of features. It ... http://science-news.org/tesla/tesla-finally-rolling-out-their-electric-sports-car/ After 2000 years of silence a volcano by the town of Chaiten in Chile has started spewing ash. The volcano has already covered much of the town with a thick layer of ash even though it's located 6 miles away. Residents have been evacuated to schools and churches in the nearby ... http://science-news.org/volcano/volcano-erupts-in-chile-after-2000-years/