Hermit crabs socialize in order to back stab their neighbor and steal their ‘homes’
There are around 800 hermit crab species living in the ocean. These crustaceans like to mind their own business and...
Forget about nukes, dangerous asteroids could be deflected with paintball pellets
Artist impression of the Apophis asteroid. No, this isn't one of those misleading headlines. A MIT graduate student has recently...
Oldest Mayan tomb discovered in Guatemala
In yet another breakthrough archaeological find, the tomb of what's considered by many the founder of the Mayan civilization has...
Huge methane deposits trapped in seabed sediments might get released due to warmer waters
Gulf Stream flow diagram. Scientists have found hints that methane deposits, tucked away in seabed sediments, have began to breakdown...
Safe bioimaging uses fluorescent nanoparticles to 3-D render cancer cells. Cancels the need for biopsy
Detecting the extent of soft-tissue diseases, such as breast cancer, typically requires invasive medical procedures, like a biopsy. A team of researchers...
Newly discovered microbial lifeforms form ‘electrical cables’ on deep-sea floor
In an extremely exciting find, scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark found a type of bacteria that creates electrical currents on...
Mini-supermassive black hole discovered by astronomers
Though this might sound like an oxymoron, this is possible the best term to describe one of the most interesting...
World’s oldest undeciphered writing system on the brink of a breakthrough
Tablet with numeric signs and script. From Teppe Sialk, Susa, Uruk period (3200 BC to 2700 BC). Department of Oriental...
Humans are capable of short-term precognition, study finds
How many times did you find yourself anticipating a certain event shortly before it happened?
Amazon founder’s space company passes key safety test
(c) Blue Origin After SpaceX's recent successful docking with the ISS, when it brought critical mission cargo to the space station,...
Cooking food helped early humans grow bigger brains
The pyramids, art, all of the world's great inventions, literary works, just about any valuable intellectual work can be traced...
Ornithologists remotely tracks endangered Yosemite Great Gray Owls with sound tech
The Great Gray Owls of Yosemite are a unique species, after they separated from their cousins some 30,000 years ago...
Dung beetle uses poop ball cargo as air conditioning
The dung beetle is an extreme survivor. Not only does it feed on poop, but it also fashions a hefty...
Solar plasma waves imaged with gradient filter turns science to fine art
This Friday, a solar eruption of spectacular proportions took place. The ensuing plasma wave, measuring millions of degrees in temperature,...
‘Archaeologist’ stray cat finds ancient catacomb in Rome
A corridor of one of the famous catacombs of Rome. Fusing ancient, medieval, renascent and modern influences, the city of Rome is...
This weekend’s Orionids meteor shower in PHOTOS
Like I mentioned last week, this past weekend was light struck by Halley's comet offsprings in a dazzling feast for...
Solar geoengineering might hold the key to drastically reducing global warming
As the topic of climate change is frantically being discussed in every government office nowadays, a burst of solutions, some contradictory,...
Evolution dictated by brawn instead of brain
For scientists, the most common method of assessing an animal's intelligence is by looking at its relative brain size, with...
Most comprehensive face transplant patient doing well after seven months
Facial transplant recipient Richard Lee Norris immediately after the operation (left), and seven months later (right). A while ago I...
During the greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history the world’s oceans reached 40°C – lethally hot
Between 247 to 252 million years ago, Earth life was going through quite possibly its most dire time. During this...
Most detailed observations of Uranus reveal complex atmospheric patterns
The most detailed observations of the icy world of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, show complex weather patterns...
The ‘five seconds rule’ has been debunked
Instead of counting the seconds it's been on the floor; it's just safer if you'd wash that hot-god or, better...
Pluto’s moons pose grave threat to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft
Artist impression of the New Horizons spacecraft set to fly by the Pluto system in July 2015. (c) JHUAPL/SWRI NASA's...
Entrepreneurs compete in audacious race after Martian DNA
The search for extraterrestrial life has always been a fascinating thought, one that has entertained the human mind for generations,...
Dolphins can stay awake for 15 days straight
After staying awake for many hours or days at time, humans and other mammals alike are forced to sleep, not...
Closer to brewing the perfect beer after scientists sequence barley genome
Barley is a key ingredient in beer, the third most popular drink in the world after water and tea, an...
Nano-tech solar cells reach 18.2% efficiency without anti-reflective layers
In a fantastic breakthrough in solar energy, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have...
Most powerful supercomputer dedicated to geosciences is now live
Some of the Yellowstone supercomputer's racks. A mosaic of the Yellowstone National Park was put in place as a tribute....
Don’t miss this weekend’s Orionids meteor shower peak
Since last Sunday, Halley's comet offspring have been swirling through the night sky delighting star gazers all around the world. This coming...
Chinese turtle is unique in the animal kingdom: it urinates through its mouth
We've written about some bizarre animals in the past, but just when you think nothing can come as a surprise......
Fossil find of 520 million year-old arthropod might be the missing link in insects evolution
Captioned is a nearly intact fossil of Fuxianhuia protensa. The inset shows the fossilized brain in the head of another...
Star dies in a dazzling 3-D spiral light show – might surface new details on star evolution
Curious spiral spotted by ALMA around red giant star R Sculptoris (data visualisation). (c) ALMA Astronomers have come across a...
Carbon nanotubes drawn with a pencil render cheap and reliable sensors
Researchers at MIT have developed a novel technique of creating cheap and reliable sensors for toxic gases by simply etching...
After extending Einstein’s theory of relativity to greater than light velocities, the laws of physics alter
three-dimensional (right) graph shows the relationship between three different velocities: v, u and U, where v is the velocity of...
Self-braking system for cars could save countless lives
There were 5.4 million automobile crashes on U.S. roads in 2010, killing 33 000 people and injuring more than 2.2...
Sponge polymer soaks up oil and turns it into gel – viable option for cleaning oil spills
Oil spills are one of the most devastating man-made ecological disasters out there. During such an outbreak, millions of gallons...
Fantastic 100 million year-old time capsule traps ancient clash between spider and wasp
Trapped in the web, the wasp knows it's done for, as it counts the seconds to its impending doom. The...
Slime can navigate using external memory, despite having no brain – a precursor to the nervous system?
The filaments created by a slime mold, along with the slime left behind on travel paths. These gooey deposits allows...
Curiosity scoops martian soil in yet another milestone [VIDEO]
It may look like an ordinary cup of sand, but for NASA scientists this is a milestone almost as important...
Electric cars are twice as harmful than conventional cars to the environment during manufacturing
There's a general belief, most likely resulting from extensive marketing ploys, that electric cars are the cleanest mean of transportation,...
Meet the Yoda worm – a creature living deep, deep in the ocean
A curious specimen which bares a resemblance to the iconic Jedi master Yoda, due to its large lips on either side...
Closest star orbiting our galaxy’s black hole discovered
Astronomers at UCLA university have made a remarkable discovery, after they've confirmed the presence of a star orbiting the black...
Pressure to be thin influenced by genetics, study finds
Be tall, be thin, be beautiful. The media has made sure we're constantly bombarded by such imperatives, and aside from...
Scientists grow mice from dish-cultured sperm and egg
Adult mice grown from eggs and sperm induced by pluripotent stem cells. (c) Mitinori Saitou and Katsuhiko Hayashi Kyoto University...
Perfectly preserved 30,000 year old mammoth discovered by 11 year old boy in icy Russia
No, this is not the prologue for a Steven Spielberg movie. Yevgeny Salinde, a 11 year old boy, found what's...
Fantastic timelapse video from the world’s soon to be largest radio telescope array
Artist impression of the SKA. A while ago I told you a bit about one of the most anticipated international...
Today marks 55 years since Sputnik’s iconic orbit
Precisely today, October 4, 55 years ago one of the most important milestones in human spaceflight took place. Then, the...
Intelligent nanoparticles drop anti-aging cargo
A group of researchers have successfully tested a novel nanodevice treatment, in which intelligent nanoparticles selectively open and release drugs...
Cheap DNA sequencing is a step closer with graphene nanopores
Graphene is the strongest material ever discovered by man, and naturally its applications has been extended to a variety of...
Human induced greenhouse emissions were plenty before industrial age
A lot of the climate change models today are based under the assumption that greenhouse gas emissions weren't that significant...