Bee wipeout likely caused by pesticides and fungicides
Photo credit: econews.com.au Over the past six years, and estimated 10 million beehives have been wiped out as a result...
Tibi is a science journalist and co-founder of ZME Science. He writes mainly about emerging tech, physics, climate, and space. In his spare time, Tibi likes to make weird music on his computer and groom felines. He has a B.Sc in mechanical engineering and an M.Sc in renewable energy systems.
Photo credit: econews.com.au Over the past six years, and estimated 10 million beehives have been wiped out as a result...
We've written extensively before about the life harboring possibilities of Jupiter's moon, the icy Europa. The moon is believed to...
Writing about your traumas in third person eases recovery. Photo credit: culturestrike.net Writing your memoirs or simply recollecting traumatizing memories...
Photo credit: qbradiology.com Generally, you can view services like any other commodity and apply strict goods economics. So if the...
North Carolina State University researchers report that parents who work odd schedules or jobs that differ from the typical "9...
A new report made by a team of Harvard researchers proposes a set of measures aimed at leveling the health...
In transportation, there aren't that many alternative energy sources like in conventional industry, where you can supply a plant or...
Hot-Jupiter exoplanet illustration. (c) NASA Using the Hubble telescope, astronomers have identified faint signals of water in the atmosphere of...
Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010. Photo credit: telegraph.co.uk Volcanoes aren't generally regarded as being particularly practical for us humans, quite frankly...
One of the predictions derived from Einsten's theory of general relativity is the existence of wormholes - spacetime shortcuts. In...
In the early hours of December 2nd, China deployed its Chang’e-3 spacecraft on route for the moon after launching it via...
Male birth control pills have been researched for some time, however previous attempts have been found to be ineffective. A...
To improve health and ease drowsy coughs during winter time, you'll find that some sources, including physicians, advise that you...
Biotechnology is growing fast and the findings researchers are making the field are nothing short of breathtaking. Previously, ZME Science...
Drug delivery encapsulated in tiny nanoparticles are thoroughly studied with great interest because they offer the chance to deliver treatments...
Ever found yourself in a hazardous relationship in which your spouse makes your hair go white? Well, if the answer's...
Carbon nanotubes and graphene have been hailed time and again as the wonder materials that will change the face of...
UPDATE: Telescopes saw the giant ball of ice and dust disappear behind the star, but then fail to emerge as expected....
This classy looking chap is a bonobo - a great ape species which is widely overlooked and often forgotten. A...
Previously, it's been shown that obesity can cause changes in the brain, leading some people to over eat food high...
(c) The Guardian The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has recently issued a report that laments the embarrassing...
If astronauts are ever to live on the moon or in deep space outposts, a sustainable living plan in which...
At one of the sites where it's possible that Buddha was born, archaeologists have identified the remains of an ancient...
An artist’s conception of the processes by which a star collapses and becomes a black hole, releasing high-energy gamma rays...
Stanford researchers claim the inherent disordered molecular structure of polymer semiconductors is actually desirable. Current organic solar cells made with...
Are hairy men attractive to women? The answer can vary greatly depending on culture and personal preference.
As if that would be our biggest concern in the first place, but it's important to understand, especially for policy...
University of Utah researchers found that female mice that live in a competitive social environment and choose to mate casually...
It's not the cancer tumor itself that kills people, but rather the spread of cancer cells is what ultimately may...
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have for the first time coaxed human stem cells into forming three-dimensional cellular...
There's only so much you can cram into conventional magnetic storage devices. We're already seeing these slowly, but surely lose...
While chimpanzees, which are our closest relatives sharing 98% of our genetic blueprint, are notorious for their widespread tool use,...
In a synergy between biology and electrochemistry, researchers at MIT cleverly exploited genetically modified viruses to assemble metal molecules into...
An extraordinarily well preserved Panthera blytheae skull. Paleontologists have unearthed skull fragments in Tibet belonging to an ancient "big cat"...
Courtesy of gopure.com Tesco recently hit the news once again in a whirlwind of controversy as it was revealed that...
This oddball cosmic body, called P/2013 P5, has puzzled astronomers for a while. By mass and orbit, it can only...
Structure of SrTiO3. The red spheres are oxygens, blue are Ti4+ cations, and the green ones are Sr2+. Credit: Wikipedia...
Brooke with her younger sister. A few years ago ZME Science reported the peculiar case of Brooke Greenberg, a woman...
The world's most complex malware ever created, the Stuxnet virus which was designed and enforced by the U.S. and Israel...
From an evolutionary psychology stand-point, one can genuinely assume that a stepparent won't invest the same amounts of energy and...
(c) University of Iowa You'll be pretty impressed by this novel research. Scientists at University of Iowa have developed an ingenious biopatch...
Echo and Narcissus (1903), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse. Wikimedia Commons In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love...
The human body is a complex biological entity in seemingly perfect harmony as thousands of components play their part in...
The human brain is possibly the most complex entity in the Universe. It's absolutely remarkable and beautiful to contemplate, and...
(c) PLOS ONE Fossils that capture a kinetic moment are truly fascinating because they surprise a scene or picture from...
(c) Wiki Commons This "How to" may not be that relevant in modern times, but in the XIV and XV...
Photo by Moyan Brenn In the US alone there are an estimated 100 million daily coffee drinkers, each contributing to...
Crossing the riverbed of Carrizo Creek in Oklahoma, a series of tracks made by a two-legged dinosaur have been preserved...
Some people are better navigators than others, i.e. men better than women. Whether you can make your way effortlessly through...
A mockup of the fuel cell prepped for released by Redox Power Systems. There's been a lot of praise and...