It may be one heck of a coincidence, or it could be the fact that renewable energy causes a major...

Cats, dogs, as well as many well known and loved wild animals such as seals, lions, tigers and bears trace...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa have found out that we don't just smell...

A while ago, we were telling you about the mysterious "fenced" white cocoons - of which researchers knew nothing about....

Researchers from the Aalto University in Finland have revealed how the most common emotions are experienced in the body. Different...

A cluster of 18 flowering plants from the Cretaceous (100 million years ago) has been found preserved in amber Among...

Scientists have developed a new catalogue of earthquake lights, glows sometimes reported during the seismic shaking, and sometimes even before...

Tylenol is one of the most common drugs, and for good reason: it's good, and it gets the job done...

Hello and welcome to 2014! The past year was incredible, with almost more studies and research than it's humanly possible...

2014 is drawing nearer and nearer, and the Christmas holidays are upon us! It's the time of the year to...

I think many of us wanted, at some point in our lives, to become astronauts. Unfortunately, not so many of...

New research shows that negative absolute temperatures and perpetual motion machines are still out of reach, no matter how you...

Co-authors of the study Prof Keith Martin and Dr Barbara Lorber, from the John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair...

If all people over 50 in the UK would eat an apple a day, over 8,500 vascular deaths such as...

Reading this paper just blew my mind - and I'm still not sure I fully understand it. As a matter...

Using an enzyme to 'cut out' the virus, German researchers have managed to find remove HIV from cells, leaving the...

With their eerie, translucent and soft bodies, their translucent and intricate shapes and bizarre bioluminescent displays, comb jellies are among...

Mangareva Island. Via Wikpedia. Binary arithmetic, the basis of all virtually digital computation today, is usually said to have been...

Although some scientists suggest that coral reefs are headed for certain doom, a new study by University of Florida and...

The fact that chimpanzees are extremely intelligent should no longer surprise anyone. Most people also know that they have their...

Carbon nanotubes are cylindrical nanostructures with a myriad of potential applications. They are the strongest and stiffest materials yet discovered...

Meditation has been shown to have an impact on brain activity, decreasing beta waves and impacting each part differently. Activity...

Via Metro Sadly, in recent years, Christmas has shifted away from its (already controversial roots) into a consumerism centered holiday....

Copyright: Denis Sarrazin CEN/ArcticNet. In 1959, an American geologist built a rock cairn 1.2 meters away from this glacier; he...

Europa, Jupiter's satellite, has emerged as one of the top locations in the Solar System in terms of its potential...

This is the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt They say it's easy to train a cat...

Since Antarctica is so far away and inaccessible, most people have many misconceptions about how big and significant it really...

A song of ice and fire Antarctica is split in two different areas: East Antarctica and West Antarctica - and...

We've written a number of times about the advantages that cannabinoids can bring - how they can become effective pain...

Biking to work or downtown when the weather allows it is one of the greenest things you can do -...

With just one footstep, you can illuminate a thousand LED bulbs – with no batteries or power cord; the energy...

From the common cold to pneumonia and potentially life threatening lung diseases: a single protein was found to play a...

Dating rocks is not really something new - it's been conducted on Earth for decades now; researchers have also determined...

NASA scientists have revealed new data on the ozone hole that forms each year above Antarctica and found that the...

A study which monitored the health habits of 2,235 men over a 35-year period has found that exercise significantly reduces...

The clunky and heavy astronaut costumes used today are very useful and well thought - they provide oxygen, scrub CO2,...

Researchers have reported dark streaks near the equator of Mars, hinting at surprisingly large quantities of flowing water. If true,...

In a black hole, Albert Einstein's theory of gravity clashes with quantum physics; for decades, scientists have tried to find...

A truly monumental task has finally been finished: the final part of an epic dictionary of medieval Latin is to...

For most creatures, mortality increases sharply with age - and we typically consider this to be natural. However, other animals,...

Scientists have found huge reserves of freshwater in a totally unexpected area: several kilometers offshore, beneath the oceans. This new...

The discovery of a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance baffled researchers. So far,...

Imperial College London accepts heavy criticism from independent reviewers after exposé by animal-rights group. The Imperial College London is one...

It's one of the most alluring but hard to prove (and unlikely) theories: a Rainbow Universe. A Universe in which...

NASA's Curiosity rover has come up with yet another remarkable discovery - evidence of an ancient, freshwater lake, with water...

The most common grade at Harvard is A, and the median grade is A-, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M....

As more and more research is conducted on Neanderthals, we start to understand that we're not as unique as we...

The recent discovery of DNA of a 400,000-year-old human thigh bone could provide valuable insight into the evolution of humans; researchers...

Chris Hadfield is a (now retired) Candian astronaut - the first Canadian to walk into outer space; on 19 December...

Humans and the food chain A country-by-country breakdown of the median human trophic level, which shows humans' place in the...