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Scientists Analyzing Repeating Radio Signal From Space
Researchers have discovered a repeating radio signal that they have traced to a single source a half-billion light-years away. Researchers looking at data from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst... More of this article »
Antarctic Peninsula Sees Record Breaking Temperatures
It’s not typical for the temperatures in Antarctica to be nearly the same as those in Southern California, but that is what happened in the first week of February. That week, the weather in the Antarctic Peninsula reached a... More of this article »
Ancient Viruses Discovered In Glacial Ice
A team of scientists from the United States and China have discovered a multitude of new virus groups in 15,000-year-old Tibetan glacial ice. Their research uncovered 33 groups of virus genuses in the ice cores taken from the... More of this article »
Living Concrete Made From Bacteria And Sand
Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder have created a “living concrete” that can grow and regenerate itself. The concrete, a mixture of gelatin, sand, and cyanobacteria, is a potential breakthrough in the nascent... More of this article »
Chinese Paddlefish Declared Extinct
One of the world’s largest freshwater fish has just been declared extinct. The Chinese paddlefish, or Chinese swordfish, apparently succumbed to the overfishing, habitat fragmentation, and loss of biodiversity in its native... More of this article »
Roasted Vegetables Proven Part Of Ancient Diet
A new paper published by archaeologist Lyn Wadley of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and her colleagues in the journal Science presents rare proof of prehistoric humans’ consumption of carbohydrate-rich... More of this article »
Mosquitoes Develop Ability To Resist Toxins With Legs
Mosquitoes that carry malaria are becoming resistant to insecticides that were previously effective at killing them. Now, researchers believe they have identified a new way by which the mosquitoes become insecticide-resistant,... More of this article »
World’s Oldest Fossil Forest Discovered In Upstate New York
Scientists have unearthed evidence of the world’s oldest forest in a quarry in the town of Cairo, New York. The fossilized forest, dating back nearly 400 million years, is believed to be 3 million years older than the previous... More of this article »
Ford To Make Car Parts Out Of McDonald’s Coffee Waste
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is forming a partnership with McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) to turn waste from coffee production into a new type of plastic. Ford is planning to use the new composite for interior car components and under... More of this article »
Scientists Find Tiny Puppy Preserved In Ice
Researchers have found a tiny puppy remarkably frozen in time in the permafrost of Siberia. They now believe that the puppy might be the world’s oldest domesticated dog or a halfway creature from the time when some wolves were... More of this article »
Scientists Developing Shark-proof Wetsuit
Scientists in Australia are developing a “shark-proof” wetsuit designed to save lives by reducing blood loss and other injuries caused by shark bites. Researchers at Flinders University, Australia, are testing two new lightweight... More of this article »
Study Charts Massive Insect Declines Around The World
A new report issued by ecologists at Sussex University shows a devastating decline of insect life around the world. The researchers, carrying out an investigation for the Wildlife Trusts, found that 40 percent of the one million... More of this article »
New Zealand Makes Big Carbon Neutral Pledge
New Zealand lawmakers have approved a bill that commits the country to being carbon neutral in the next three decades. The bill would require nearly all greenhouse gases to be reduced to net-zero by 2050. The bill had sweeping... More of this article »
Governments Pledge Nearly $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Governments around the world have pledged to donate nearly $10 billion toward an international fund that aims to help poor countries tackle climate change. The Green Climate Fund, which organized the effort, released a statement... More of this article »
Scientists Discover 20 New Moons Around Saturn
The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has announced that scientists have discovered an additional 20 moons orbiting Saturn, giving it the most satellites of any planetary body in our solar system. An observing... More of this article »
First All-female Spacewalk Taking Place This Month
NASA has planned the first ever all-female spacewalk for the latter half of this month. Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are scheduled to perform the historic undertaking on October 21. The announcement was made during... More of this article »
New Disease Devastating Caribbean Coral Reefs
A mysterious affliction known as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is ravaging the reefs in the Caribbean. Once the disease sets in, it is likely to destroy the infected colony of coral within weeks to a month. The fast-moving,... More of this article »
North American Bird Populations Declining At Alarming Rate
A team of researchers from universities, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations collaborated on a new study to track bird populations on the North American continent. What they found was alarming. According to their... More of this article »
Rocky Record Found Of Last Days Of The Dinosaurs
Researchers have found a geological record of the most pivotal moment in Earth’s history. Study lead author Sean Gulick, a research professor at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, called the finding “the most... More of this article »
Black Hole Photographers Win Science Prize
The scientists who collaborated to produce the world’s first image of a black hole have won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Directed by Shep Doeleman at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the team spent... More of this article »
Massive Pumice Raft Drifting Across The Pacific Ocean
A massive pumice raft composed of volcanic rock is currently floating its way across the Pacific Ocean. Sailors first spotted the large mass of hardened lava a couple of weeks ago about the same time as reports began to emerge... More of this article »
Results Of NASA Twins Study Published
The results of the NASA Twins Study have been published in the journal Science, nearly three years after the experiments for the study were completed. The goal of the study was to determine what changes the human body experiences... More of this article »
Winners Of NASA’s $100,000 Mars Habitat Contest Announced
NASA has announced the winners of its $100,000 competition to make a full-scale Mars habitat using modeling software. Eleven groups participated in the latest stage of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Three teams will... More of this article »
Astounding Fossil Find Made In North Dakota
Researchers have unearthed an astounding collection of fossils that appear to date from the very day a meteor hit Earth millions of years ago, wiping out nearly all life on the planet. The collection was discovered at a site called... More of this article »
Social Media Use May Be Factor In Rise Of Teen Mental Health Issues
The number of teens reporting mental health issues has risen significantly over the last decade and experts are pointing to social media use as one of the culprits. Recent studies have shown that higher rates of social media use... More of this article »
Scientists Give Rodents Infrared Vision
Scientists have discovered a way to give ordinary rodents the ability to see infrared light. The experiments were led by two researchers in the U.S. and China: Tian Xue of the University of Science and Technology of China and... More of this article »
Israel’s Lunar Lander Successfully Launched
Israel’s privately-built Beresheet lunar lander has entered space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch from Cape Canaveral Florida was successful and the lunar lander is scheduled to reach the Moon on April 11. The four-legged... More of this article »
NASA Twins Study Sparking New Questions
The results of a NASA study involving twin astronauts are allowing scientists to formulate new questions about the impact that traveling in space has on the human body. The NASA Twins Study, involving NASA astronaut Scott Kelly... More of this article »
Mass Insect Deaths Alarm Scientists
Insect populations are plummeting worldwide, sparking alarm amongst scientists studying the problem. According to the first global scientific review of insect population decline, more than 40 percent of insect species are dwindling,... More of this article »
Weapons-grade Plutonium Shipped From SC To NV
Reports have emerged that the Department of Energy (DOE) has shipped about a half-ton of weapons-grade radioactive plutonium from a site in South Carolina to a new location in Nevada. The disclosure was made as part of a federal... More of this article »
Joshua Tree National Park Recovery May Take Centuries
Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California may take hundreds of years to recover from damage sustained during the partial government shutdown. The country’s many national parks were left open during the shutdown, but they... More of this article »
Relativity Space Building Launch Facility At Cape Canaveral
Relativity Space has reached an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to create a launch facility for its rockets at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company said it had received a “Statement of Capability” from... More of this article »
Oceans Warming Faster Than Previously Thought
Scientists have released some alarming new findings that the world’s oceans are warming far more quickly than previously thought. According to a new analysis published in the journal Science, researchers have found that the... More of this article »
Antarctic Lake Beneath 3,500 Feet Of Ice Subject Of Study
Scientists in Antarctica have accessed a lake buried under more than 3,500 feet of ice. The Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA) researchers drilled into the Mercer Subglacial Lake on Dec. 26 after about two days... More of this article »
Scientists Make New Discovery On Tornadoes
Scientists researching the formation of tornadoes have made a surprising discovery. They found that instead of funnel clouds gradually descending until they make contact with the ground, tornadoes may form from the ground up. The team... More of this article »
Scientists Discover Saturn’s Rings Disappearing
One of the most impressive features of Saturn is its iconic rings, icy bangles that stretch nearly 175,000 miles. Unfortunately, those rings won’t be around forever, according to new research released by NASA. In fact, the rings... More of this article »
Virgin Galactic Reaches The Edge Of Space
Virgin Galactic’s milestone test flight for its supersonic space plane officially reached the edge of space before turning around and touching back down to Earth. The rocket-powered plane, VSS Unity, reached a maximum altitude... More of this article »
NASA Announces End Of Two Major Missions
Two of NASA’s most ambitious missions ended this week. The Kepler space telescope mission came to a conclusion this week after the telescope ran out of fuel. The Kepler telescope had the largest digital camera ever outfitted for... More of this article »
New Project Aims To DNA Sequence Every Species In UK
Researchers have announced a plan to DNA sequence all known species in the United Kingdom, excluding its overseas territories. The initiative has been named The Darwin Tree of Life project. The project is part of the Earth BioGenome... More of this article »
New Report Recommends Ways To Reduce Global Warming
The nation’s top scientists are proposing some ambitious plans to reduce global warming by midcentury. They say that nations need to limit the rise in global average temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius within a few decades. Temperatures... More of this article »
Rare Rectangular Iceberg Found In Antarctica
A rare rectangular iceberg has been found in Antarctica floating among sea ice just off the Larsen C ice shelf. The huge, flat iceberg has perfect right angles in a unique geometric shape. NASA shared an image of the rectangular iceberg... More of this article »
New Study Sheds Light On How T-Rex Arms Were Used
A new study takes a close look at how Tyrannosaurus Rex’s arms would have functioned, a question that has been hotly debated for years. By studying the limbs of two distant modern relatives of the extinct theropod, the researchers... More of this article »
Study Links Popular Herbicide To Honey Bee Deaths
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin appears to link the popular herbicide glyphosate to the widespread destruction of honey bee colonies. According to the University of Maryland and Bee Informed, beekeepers... More of this article »
Pluto May Regain Planet Status
A new research study has concluded that Pluto should be reclassified as a planet. According to the study, the reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid. Philip Metzger, a planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida,... More of this article »
Unusually Severe Red Tide Kills Thousands Of Animals
Coastal regions in Southwest Florida are seeing thousands of animals die due to an unusually severe “red tide”. A red tide is a rapid bloom of a toxic algae called Karenia brevis, or K. brevis, in the ocean that is large enough... More of this article »
Rogue Waves Believed Responsible For Bermuda Triangle Disappearances
The mysterious disappearances of ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle over the years have stumped many of the experts searching for an explanation. Now, a team from the University of Southampton believes that they have found the... More of this article »
Company To Launch Artificial Meteor Showers In 2020
Japanese startup Astro Live Experiences (ALE) is working on a project that could launch the world’s first artificial meteor shower. The Tokyo-based business is building two micro-satellites which will launch hundreds of tiny pellets... More of this article »
Stolen Plutonium Still Missing After More Than A Year
On March 21, 2017, a theft from a van in a Marriott hotel parking lot just off Highway 410 resulted in the loss of dangerous nuclear materials. A plastic-covered disk of plutonium and another of cesium, a highly radioactive isotope,... More of this article »