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Global warming kills half of coral on the Northern Great Barrier Reef

A study of 84 reefs along the Great Barrier Reef revealed one-third of the coral reefs of the central and northern regions have died due to a huge bleaching event. Corals to the north of Cairns, which account for two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef, are also massively affected with 35 percent dead or dying.

Most European scientific articles to be freely accessible by 2020

It's high time something like this happened.

Researchers find what's giving you dandruff - and it's probably not what you think

Dandruff is the most common scalp condition, yet we know surprisingly little about it.

Lack of natural history focus hurting students and young scientists

Natural history and in general, all natural sciences, are falling out of favor in school curriculums

MIT-designed interface can mimic physical properties of any substance

Materiable is a novel shape changing interface designed to not only offer shapes that let you physically manipulate data, but also recreate the material properties of any substance.

Climate change on the Red Plant: Mars is emerging out of an ice age

Swirling patterns in the ice of Mars' North Pole suggest the planet is emerging out of a long ice age that began some 370,000 years ago. The findings are extremely important for climate change, improving our understanding of both Mars' and Earth's climate.

Untreatable bacteria identified in the US

A strain of E. coli resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been identified on United States soil for the first time. Health officials say this could be the end of the road for antibiotics, leaving us virtually helpless in fighting future infections.

Archimedes' legacy: inventions and discoveries

Archimedes was the greatest mathematician of his age.

The U.S. Military is still using floppy disks to coordinate its nuclear arsenal

Some might be surprised to learn that the country's entire nuclear arsenal is still programmed on floppy disks, and army personnel is still reliant on the antiqued IBM Series/1 computer to implement the launch codes.

How Global Warming Could Impact Entrepreneurial Millennials

A hot topic for a reason, global warming and climate change will play a major role in the entrepreneurial future of aspiring business Millennials.

Beautiful Kinetic Artwork Sorts River Stones by Age

Fulfilling the job that scientists and unlucky undergrads have been doing for years, the kinetic machine Jller selects and sorts pebbles found on a 6 1/2 x 13 foot platform into a grid organized by geologic age. Without any assistance, the machine analyzes rocks based on their shape and sizes, understand their correct placement and transports them […]

Greek news sites are reporting that Aristotle's tomb was found

Greek archaeologists may have located the tomb of Aristotle, one of the most important philosophers and scientists of the Antiquity.

How to slow down light until it stops

In vacuum, light always travels at a constant speed of 299,792,458 metres per second. Nothing can travel faster than this constant c, as denoted by physicists. These two postulates are basic building blocks of modern physics and were first announced more than a hundred years ago by Albert Einstein. Yet, there are ingenious ways to slow light to the point of trapping it in a dead stop. Prepare for some weirdness.

Can China's straddling bus be a solution for crowded roads?

This extraordinary bus concept has been all over the internet, promising to revolutionize public transportation, making it more efficient and greener in the process. But could it actually work?

Decade-long study shows how air pollution is killing you

A decade-long study of thousands of Americans has found direct evidence of how air pollution causes heart disease. The link between the two has been established a long time ago, but it's only now that the biological mechanisms have been explained thoroughly.

A minivan-sized sea sponge was found by NOAA -- the biggest ever

It's the largest any human has come across.

Amazing lighting strikes filmed at 7,000 frames per second

Researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology had an awesome day on the field with their 7,000 frames per second high-speed cameras.

Galactic warming triggered by supermassive black holes leads to stellar infertility

The analysis suggests some supermassive black holes, which lie at the heart of virtually any galaxy, turn their host galaxies into "red geysers" which suppress star formation.

Humans got smarter to care for needy infants, making them more helpless in the process

University of Rochester researchers developed a new evolutionary model that suggests human intelligence developed to meet the demands of our infants, in a self-reinforcing cycle: bigger brains led to shorter pregnancies, requiring parents to have even bigger brains.

Australian engineers achieve milestone efficiency for solar cells

The team has pushed sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency to 34.5% – establishing a new world record for unfocused sunlight.

Adidas to move activity to robot-only factories

The footwear giant has announced it will move much of its activities from Asia back to Germany. The company unveiled ts prototype “Speedfactory”, a state-of-the-art, 4,600 square-meter facility which will automate most of the work.

Are cephalopods taking over the oceans?

Human activity has been wreaking havoc on ocean life. One group however seems to thrive where others struggle to survive: new evidence shows that cephalopods' numbers have significantly increased over the last six decades.

Stunning cave findings show Neanderthals made fire way before humans

Deep inside the Bruniquel Cave in France, a set of man-made structures 336 meters from the entrance lie as evidence to the former populations which inhabited the cave. These are among the oldest structures created by humans, and they have quite a story to tell about some of our ancestors. Until now, the earliest dated structures go back to […]

Nepal finally bans largest animal sacrifice event

In a move that has been hailed worldwide, Nepal finally eliminated animal slaughter from its biggest festival.

NASA's data on asteroids may be way off, new billionaire study finds

Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft chief, billionaire, scientist and patent creator recently published a study in which he claims NASA has made many fundamental errors in its analysis of asteroid data.

Most powerful X-ray machine blasts water droplets for science

Stanford researchers fired extremely bright flashes of light from the world's most powerful X-ray laser onto droplets of liquid. These vaporized instantly, but not before the whole process was imaged in full detail.

Biodegradable plastics don't break down in the ocean, U.N. says

According to a 179-page report released by the U.N., biodegradable plastics degrade far too slow in the oceans, voiding any apparent practical benefit. In the ocean at least, they're just as bad, if not worse in some instances, than traditional plastics.

Oldest beer making tools found in China are 5,000-years-old

Ancient Chinese villagers already mastered beer making more than 5,000 years ago, according to archaeologists who found beer-making equipment in the Shaanxi province.

Supermassive blackholes are giants from birth

At the heart of virtually every galaxy, including the Milky Way, is a supermassive blackhole that's anywhere from hundreds of thousands to billions of times more massive than the sun. How these cosmic bodies start off is still a subject of debate.

Scientists discover "new" craters on the Moon

A research team discovered two geologically young craters — one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old — in the Moon’s darkest regions.

Engineers Just Smashed Record for Fast Wireless Data Trasmission: 6 Gigabits per second

A team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics just beat the previous record by a factor of 10.

Netherlands is closing down more prisons because there's no one to fill them with

The Netherlands' accent on rehabilitation and social re-integration of criminals seems to have finally paid off. The country no longer considers its prisons as economically viable and plans to close down another five such institutions.

Canadian clay kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria on contact

Canadian aboriginals have been using clay to treat their ailments for centuries.

Hydrogen peroxide made from seawater might one day power fuel cell cars

Using energy from the sun, researchers converted seawater into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) -- a fuel that can be used in fuel cells, instead of elemental hydrogen.

These villages combine vertical farms, greenhouses and clean energy technology to be completely off-the-grid and self-sufficient

Called ReGen Villages, the project imagines a community of buildings that produce all their own food and energy, while being off the grid and having an extremely low environmental impact.

Just 5% of terminally-ill cancer patients understand the depth of their situation

Only a fraction of the cancer patients in the terminal stages of their illness fully understand their prognosis. The findings suggest many patients are "kept in the dark", even though they only have a couple months to live anymore.

Scientists cut HIV genes from live animals using genetic scissors

For the first time in history, scientists have cut out HIV genes from live animals.

Edible "Six-Pack Ring" is a great concept for marine wildlife

What if I told you that you could help wildlife by drinking beer? Saltwater Brewery, a Delray Beach (Florida) company, has developed a six-pack for beers that actually helps sea creatures instead of risking their lives. We use a lot of plastic – a whole lot. If there’s anything about humanity that leaves a mark on […]

Make Python great again: programming language emulates Donald Trump

At a Rice University hackathon, students Sam Shadwell and Chris Brown made a version of the popular programming language Python that's designed to compile scripts like Donald Trump.

Hypersonic rocket reaches Mach 7.5 -- that's Sydney to London in 2 hours

A joint venture between US Department of Defense and Australian Defence Science and Technology Organization launched a rocket to a mind-boggling Mach 7.5. That's a speed seven and half times faster than the speed of sound or 5,710 mph (9,200 kmph).

Baby turtles save energy by working together to dig themselves out the nest

Every summer, turtle hatchlings have to quickly dig up the sand of their nests and start a perilous journey towards the sea. This delicate process is very energy consuming, but there's power in numbers.

Nile Crocodile enters Florida, researchers find

Scientists from the University of Florida have mate a startling discovery: Nile Crocodiles are now in Florida

Why one pole is melting, while the other is still packed with ice

In the past decade, ice extent at the two poles couldn't be more different. The Arctic has seen its 13 smallest maximum ice extents in the last 13 years, and since 1979 lost 620,000 square miles of winter sea ice cover, an area more than twice the size of Texas. Meanwhile, in Antarctica, ice cover has actually increased despite warming trends

Artificial meteor shower might open the Japan 2020 Olympic Games

One Japanese startup is planning one hell of a fireworks show for the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Got an exam coming up? Better start sketching

A new study found that drawing information you need to remember is a very efficient way to enhance your memory. The researchers believe that the act of drawing helps create a more cohesive memory as it integrates visual, motor and semantic information. “We pitted drawing against a number of other known encoding strategies, but drawing […]

NASA snaps beautiful picture of Mars as it inches over towards Earth

NASA astronomers captured a beautiful image of Mars on May 12, when the planet was just 50 million miles away from Earth. Bright snow-capped polar regions and rolling clouds above the rusty landscape show that Mars is a dynamic, seasonal planet, not an inert rock barreling through space.

These five genes code your nose's shape, among other things

We now know which genes are responsible for blue eyes, red hair and now, thanks to the efforts of a team at University College London, those which code nose shape.

Man 3-D prints his wife's tumor and saves her life

ZME Science has reported extensively on how 3-D printing is being implemented in the medical sector with some fantastic results. Yet, the real revolutionary thing about 3D printing – whether used for product prototyping, printing prostheses or spare parts on the International Space Station – is that anyone can use it. Such is the story […]

Do trees sleep, too?

All living things, from polar bears to bacteria, become more active or slow down their metabolism over a 24-hour cycle. Why should trees, which are just as alive as we are, be exempted from this rule?

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