Cross bedding explained, on an outcrop from Mars
NASA recently uploaded a strikingly beautiful photograph on their website showing a petrified sand dune on Mars. The image was...
Treasure trove of stone tools found in Puget Sound
Is there anything you can't buy in today's shopping malls? The list must be pretty short already, but now we...
Science-backed tips on making the most out of your breaks at work
Two researchers at Baylor University looked into how breaks during the workday improve employee health and efficiency, and found that...
Legal, but not safe: small distractions make driving drunk lethal
Even though driving after drinking small amounts is legal, it's most definitely not safe, research from the University of Kentucky...
Kabuno Bay microbes shed light on how iron deposits are formed
An isolated bay in the heart of East Africa offers scientists a glimpse into early Earth's iron-rich marine environment, and...
Wild oats might be the first cereal consumed by humans, as early as the Stone Ages
While analysing starch grains on ancient stone grinding tools from southern Italy, Marta Mariotti Lippi at the University of Florence...
Ancient giant virus will be revived by scientists
French scientists announced the discovery of Mollivirus sibericum in the US National Academy of Sciences journal this week. The "Siberian...
Ballantine creates whiskey glass to be used in zero G, spill free
Scottish manufacturer Ballantines comes to the aid of space-dwellers the world round (and beyond) with a new, high-tech glass that...
Termites know more about ventilation that human architects
The humble termite only has its body, saliva and some soil to work with, and the only blueprints it has...
Your cat doesn’t see you as a source of security and safety
Adult domestic cats do not view owners as the main provider of security and safety.
Kids everywhere, rejoyce – science says you should get those “5 more minutes, mom!”
A recent study performed by researchers working at the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School and the University of Nevada...
Why don’t they just eat all of them – predator-prey study reveals new law governing ecosystems
The results of a new study offer insight into the workings of predator-prey mechanisms, more specifically how the number of...
Massive die-off threaten endangered antelope species’ future
One of the planet's most endangered antelope, the saiga, suffered from a die-off of unprecedented scope. The massive loss of...
The star(fish) destroying robot is yellow and deadly
Picture this: A city under siege. Many of the outlying buildings are old, dry, lifeless shells of their former beauty...
Alaskan shore overrun by thousands of walruses – here’s why
Thousands upon thousands of Pacific walrus were captured by photographer Gary Braasch as they came ashore on the northwest coast...
Plastic debris in 90% of seabirds’ guts
Researchers studying the plastic problem our ocean is facing predict that by 2050 nearly every single maritime bird species will...
NASA research put together into a video showing how the ocean’s garbage patches formed over the last 35 years
Aaah, the ocean. The true final frontier. Full of wonderful and exciting things, such as strange fish, stranger crustaceans, beautiful...
Take a peek into the lives of a California condor family
Big Sur, California will see the newest installment of the Big Brother franchise, but with a twist. A team of...
Eating food rich in protein can boost cardiovascular health as much as exercise or quitting smoking
The results of a new UEA study reveal that people who eat high levels of certain amino acids found in...
The Iron Snail lives on volcanic vents, two miles under the sea, all thanks to its spectacular armor
It's hard to believe anything can be alive thousands of feet below the Indian Ocean where thermal vents effectively boil...
RoboHow: the Wikipedia that teaches robots how to cook
An European initiative founded in 2012, dubbed RoboHow, comes to take up the challenge of improving the way robots work...
Virginia Wildlife Center will release two bald eagles back to the wild
North America boasted about half a million eagles before Europeans colonized the territory. They took the influx of Old World-ers...
University of California 3D printed fish are the most advanced microbots we built to date
Nanoengineers from the San Diego University of California used innovative, self-developed 3D printing methods to create multipurpose, fish-shaped microbots -...
A massive 3,600-year-old palace was found near Sparta
Ongoing excavations at a site in the southern Peloponnese are offering rare insight into the ancient past of Laconia, about...
Bacterial infections turns amoebae into the world’s tiniest farmers
In 2011 the Queller-Strassmann lab, then at Rice University, made a surprising announcement in Nature Letters. They had been collecting...
Research moves closer to a universal flu vaccine
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) have discovered a way...
Raise’em right! Only we’re not – modern parenting may hinder brain development
Several cultural beliefs and modern social practices may hinder children's mental, moral and emotional development, finds a study by an...
How humans turned “safari” to “safe” – what large mammals diversity worldwide would look without us
The fact that the greatest biodiversity of large mammals we know of today is recorded in Africa is a legacy...
Warp speed possible, predicted by the theory of relativity, astrophysics professor says
Hailing from the University of Sydney, professor Lewis is set to deliver a talk at the National Science Week in...
Ge-Force powered Augmented Reality Sandbox
Show of hands, who here doesn't sometimes long for the good old days when you would play in the sandbox...
New solar fuel generator makes hydrogen fuel out of water with unprecedented efficiency
Scientists working at Monash University in Melbourne have developed the most energy-efficient ‘artificial photosynthesis’ method to date. The process relies...
The UK plans to build the world’s largest wood-burning power plant
Investment in the renewable project is estimated to reach £650m ($1bn), which will be partly funded through aids from the...
Ecuador declares state of national emergency as Cotopaxi volcano wakes
A state of emergency has been declared this Saturday by Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. The measure was taken as a...
Ever-growing population and climate instability will lead to severe food shortages by 2050
The food industry has become much more efficient in the last few decades as a result of globalization, but also...
Fighting with addiction? Play tetris, new study finds
The results of a new study show the benefits of playing tetris when fighting with an addiction or craving -...
We’ve gone into resource overdraft for the 45th year in a row
This is the day that humanity's consumption exceeds the amount of resources than our planet can supply in that year....
Robots learn to self-replicate and evolve
A robotics team lead by Cambridge University engineer Fumiya Iida have designed a robot that archeologists of the future (they...
MIT tackling more serious science: they program beer-delivering robots
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is on the brink of revolutionizing relaxation with their...
Drought and low aquifer levels made the Guadalupe river vanish
Vidal Mendoza, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician, has been spending his past Tuesday scanning the upper Guadalupe River, looking...
Copper clusters could revolutionize CO2 capture and turn it into fuel to boot
The chemical reactions used to make methanol from carbon dioxide rely on a catalyst to speed up the conversion, and...
Kickstarter project plans to put you virtually on the ISS
SpaceVR started a Kickstarter campaign today with the goal of sending a 3D, 360-degree camera to the ISS. This camera...
Advances in magnet technology could bring cheaper, modular fusion reactors from sci-fi to sci-reality in less than a decade
Advances in magnet technology have allowed MIT scientists to design a cheaper, more compact, modular and highly efficient fusion reactor...
Take out your phones: sexting could improve your relationship, study finds
Sexting has been taking a lot of flak recently, the debate focusing mostly on its negative aspects, such as the...
Fifteen ton Monolith found under the Mediterranean Sea, estimates put its carving at 9350 years ago
Zvi Ben-Avraham of Tel Aviv University and Emanuele Lodolo of the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics in Trieste,...
How long does food stay fresh? Learn what expiration dates really mean
Experts did the math and they estimate that $165 billion worth of perfectly edible food gets tossed each year, due...
Weapons shouldn’t be able to decide themselves to end a life – Hawking, Musk, Wozniak sign letter requesting the ban of autonomous weapons and military AI
A very large number of scientific and technological luminaries have signed an open letter calling for the world's governments to...
Less burns for more sunshine: renewable and fossil fuel technology integration sounds like a beach-goer’s dream
Solar-aided power plants could mean less CO2 for a fraction of the costs of solar-only, paving the way for a...
The Dead Sea is draining, sinkholes pop up all along its shores – the two are connected, researchers say
The sea, which is actually a lake, is well known for being 10 times as salty as the ocean and...
Japan will send whiskey to the ISS – all in the name of science
Distillers have long been interested in the particularities of the aging process, and how to mature the drink to bring...
New vaccine against Ebola is 100% effective in Guinea trial
“Having seen the devastating effects of Ebola on communities and even whole countries with my own eyes, I am very...