A new survey from the American Lung Association has revealed the most polluted cities in America. Which cities topped the list? Pittsburgh ranked the highest in short-term pollution, but Los Angeles proved to be the most polluted on a year-round basis, as well as in terms of smog or ozone. Time to whip out the gas mask? If you want to know whether your city made the list, follow the "read more" link below.

The Cold War may have ended a long time ago, but that doesn't mean that spies can rest on their laurels. In fact, US intelligence agents have been keeping busy lately. Doing what, you may ask? Why, studying video games in order to improve their analytical skills.

It seems that DIA analysts have now joined the likes of surgeons in using video games for training. More on this unorthodox method of training in the full article after the jump.

The director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen had several choice words directed towards the fossil fuels industry regarding the critical state of our planet right now. His rather forward address expounds on how the industry was trying to cover up the extent of the global warming problem from the public and how badly their byproducts are affecting the environment. You can read more about Hansen's statement in our full article.

Scientists have always believed that at one point in time, the human race transcended the ape family when they started walking on two feet. The latest findings observed from Orrorin fossils in Kenya, however, show shocking evidence that the transition may have taken place much earlier than originally estimated. The fossils suggest that our ancestors probably started prancing around on twos as early as four million years ago. Details in the full article.

If you have no qualms about wearing a mobile phone made out of tapioca on your wrist, then you might want to try out Nokia's new Morph phone. A video featuring this innovative concept phone is currently running at New York's Museum of Modern art and shows off the Morph's unique features. You can read more about the science behind this new mobile phone by checking out our full article after the jump.

Chances are you probably won't be surprised to find artwork on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but what if you found a hybrid computer and robot there?

Well, that's exactly what you'll find in the "person" of Wizkid, the brainchild of engineer Frederic Kaplan and industrial designer Martino d’Esposito. More information on their electronic creation after the jump.

Scientists have found a very unique fossil that is relevant in more ways than one. The fossil belongs to a 70 million year-old ancestor of horned toads. It was found in Madagascar where the species was first thought to have never inhabited.

The find also proves that Madagascar and South America were indeed linked together during the latter years of the dinosaurs. More on this after the jump!

Reports have come in that bats in the Northeasters regions of the United States have been dying off because of a new mysterious disease currently being referred to as the "white nose syndrome." So far 11,000 bats have died in New York alone.

Head on over to the full article for more information.

General belief holds the Black Death as an indiscriminate killer that cut down anyone it took hold of regardless of sex, age, or health level. A new study by a pair of anthropologists have revealed, however, that the pandemic was actually more selective than previously thought. More in the full article.

Cloning has received its fair share of controversy and glowing cats, but it does have its advantages. One of these advantages is the ability to preserve. That is the idea behind New York City's project to clone "historical" trees from Central Park. Details in the full article.