Squid deep-sea species can eject parts of its arms to confuse enemies [/w video]
Octopoteuthis deletron. Image: UC Berkeley Seems like there's always a study that comes along once in a while describing yet...
Antarctica was home to a rainforest some 50 million years ago
Scientists who studied sediment cores drilled from the ocean floor off the Antarctic coast, have found on subsequent analysis fossil...
London’s Tower Bridge LED revamp puts the city in a new light for the Olympics
Arguably one of the most recognized landmarks in the world, London's Tower Bridge received a full relamping in celebration for...
We make mistakes more often and learn harder when rules change
Someone whose been driving for 20 years, let's say, in the United States and somehow ends up driving a car...
Don’t miss the August Blue Moon this year
The moon wasn't actually blue in this photo, as the photographer used a blue filter for his camera. (c) Kostian...
China tests new rocket engine and slates moon landing for 2013
China is set on covering a lot of lost ground in its race of becoming a full fledged space super...
Artifacts hint that modern human culture may have emerged in Africa 20,000 years earlier
Workers explore South Africa's Border Cave. A study shows modern culture may have emerged in the area much earlier than...
Apollo mission flags still in place on the moon after 40 years
Just last week, man's first step on the moon turned 43 years. Uncoincidently, maybe, NASA announced recently that its Lunar...
Smallest laser is so tiny you can’t see it with the naked eye
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed what's considered...
Thought the touchscreen was innovative? Get ready for user interface complete revamp
Touchscreen technology has been in use for many years, but when the first iPhone came out some six years ago,...
Graphene layered in 3D crystal structure might allow for electronics revolution
Graphene is an atomic-scale honeycomb lattice made of carbon atoms. It seems scientists have yet to draw the line on...
Giant landslides on Saturn’s icy moon intrigues scientists
A giant landslide on Iapetus reaches halfway across a 75-mile (120 kilometer) impact crater.(c) NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Planetary scientist Kelsi...
Aluminum might be the future’s eco-fuel of choice
If you're reading ZME Science from home, chances are that you've got a can of beer or soda in someplace...
Most powerful stars are actually vampire binary systems. The weaker feeds on the stronger
A new research has found that the massively powerful O-type stars, which can be up to 90 times more powerful...
Antarctic rift the size of the Grand Canyon speeds ice sheet melting
Scientists from Britain have found a remote ice rift valley, up to one mile deep, under the ice in Antarctica. The...
Termite workers suicide to protect colony from invaders. Remarkable social behavior
Defense, like offence, is expensive for any animal. It takes resources and a lot of energy, and for some, it...
ISS’s Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is like an LHC in space – already boasting fantastic results
Alright, the analogy might not be the best. The Large Hadron Collider is a high energy particle accelerator, while the Alpha Magnetic...
Fluoride in tap water lowers IQ and hampers child brain development
According to the Fluoride Action Network there are at present 24 independent studies which have a direct link between fluoride...
Newly discovered solar system is very similar to our own
Artist impression of the Kepler-30 solar system, complete with its planets' orbits. (c) Cristina Sanchis Ojeda Researchers at MIT, the...
Biodiversity in tropical forests is declining, despite protection
Without more careful monitoring and efforts, some protected reserves are actually doing worse off than before. Wikimedia Commons Biodiversity helps...
3D printing in space might save astronauts a whole lot of trouble
The 3D printing revolution is right around the corner. While we might still be a few years away from seeing...
Human brain perceives men as persons and women as parts, study finds
When you first see this magnificent painting by Ukranian painter Oleg Shuplyak, your brain perceives the portrait of the famous...
Newly discovered Mayan sun god temple is covered with magnificent masks
One of the many Mayan stucco masks uncovered at the newly discovered temple. It shows the Maya sun god as...
Greenland’s entire ice sheet experiencing melting – unprecedented event in 30 years
NASA satellite images showed the extent of surface melt on Greenland's ice sheet on July 8, on the left, and...
Lightning in slow-mo – VIDEO in 7,207 frames per second
In this amazing slow-motion video, the folks from ZT Research used a high resolution camera to capture a full lightning...
Is it better to run or walk in the rain to stay as dry as possible? A lifelong physics question
You just got out of the office, looking to head home to a soothing dinner, only to find that it's...
Polar bears interbred with brown bears during warmer climate
A new research has found after analyzing the genomes of polar bears and brown bears that the two species interbred,...
Inflatable heat shield passes atmospheric re-entry test flawlessly
For the past couple of years NASA has been testing a new atmospheric re-entry system, designed to offer pods and...
First ever computer model of a living organism performed
In what can only be described as a milestone in biological and genetic engineering, scientists at Stanford University have, for...
Synthetic jellyfish made from rat heart cells can swim like the real deal
A team led by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Harvard University have built this remarkable display...
[ZME Contest] WIN solar charger and Rechargeable LED Work light
Hey, guys! We've received some great feedback from our previous contest, when we offered an awesome DNA portrait to one...
Oldest spiral galaxy is a freak of cosmos
Artist's rendering of the oldest known spiral galaxy - 11 billion years old. The red area in the upper right...
Promiscuous dumpling squid has a short life expectancy due to excessive mating
Squids and cephalopods, in general, might not be the sexiest animals out there, but their mating systems are quite interesting,
Iceberg twice the size of Manhattan breaks off Greenland glacier
Researchers at the University of Delaware and the Canadian Ice Service recently reported that an ice island, whose surface is...
HIV prevention drug approved by the FDA, decision criticized by AIDS support organization
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently gave its seal of approval for the introduction of Truvada on the pharmaceutical market,...
Snow leopard mother and cub den caught for first time on tape [VIDEOS]
Magnificently beautiful, the elusive snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia. Adapted to living...
Archaeological evidence attests second founding group in North America, besides Clovis culture
Scientists from U.S., Britain and Denmark have recently reported in a new study that conclusive evidence, in the form of...
Powerful solar flare headed our way set to spark beautiful Northern Lights
False-color image of the recently erupted, powerful X-class solar flare, whose corronal mass ejection is expected to reach Earth's magnetic...
One in 1.6 million chance of this summer’s heat wave happening without global warming
A raging issue at the moment, in both government bureaus and bar chats alike, is global warming. Is it just a natural...
Graphene sheets can repair themselves naturally
Graphene is one of the most phenomenal materials discovered in science. It's so thin, it can be molded into sheets...
Today marks 50 years since Telstar’s historic first live television broadcast by satellite
Exactly 50 years ago, on July 12 1962, the the world's first active communications satellite, Telstar 1, transmitted the first live...
New moon discovered around Pluto – the fifth
Astronomers have discovered a new moon orbiting the dwarf planet of Pluto - its fifth - only a year after...
New study debunks preposterous claims of arsenic-thriving bacteria
In 2010, a NASA study published in the journal Science heralded the discovery of a bacteria, called GFAJ-1, which the authors...
First evidence of dark galaxies from the early Universe spotted
An international team of astronomers may have come across the first sound evidence testifying the existence of dark galaxies -...
In the wake of the Higgs boson discovery – what’s next?
The surviving authors of the Higgs boson paper stand to a round of applause, after the discovery of the subatomic...
Earliest modern human genome partially sequenced
The skeleton of an ancient caveman dubbed Brana 1 yielded the oldest DNA found in a modern human. CREDIT: Alberto...
First private space telescope is set to safeguard humanity from asteroid threats
Ed Lu, Chairman of the B612 Foundation, shows the telescope of a model of the Sentinel Space Telescope during a...
Scientists develop paint that can turn any surface into a battery
In today's fast evolving world of tech, miniaturization is crucial. In most portable consumer electronics goods, like smartphones or tablets, the typical...
Oldest known pottery is 20,000 years old and comes from China
One of the pottery fragments recovered from a layer dating approximately 20,000 years old in the Xianrendong cave in south...
Science explains why supermarket tomatoes are less tasty than garden grown
(c) S. Zhong and J. Giovannoni A newly published researchers by scientists at University of California Davis and Cornell University...