‘Meghalayan Age’ Announced as Official New Chapter in Earth’s History
Newly described period began with enormous drought 4,200 years ago.
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Scientists Discover 12 Moons Around Jupiter – Including One ‘Oddball’ That Could Destroy The Others
Scientists have found 12 new moons orbiting around Jupiter, in a breakthrough discovery about our mysterious neighbor.
Georges Lemaître: The Cosmic Mystery That Remains at the Heart of Our Universe After the Big Bang
The more we learn about the expanding universe, the stranger it becomes.
Georges Lemaître: Who was the Belgian priest who discovered the universe is expanding?
‘This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of creation to which I ever listened.’
Hawaii Gets New Island As Erupting Volcanic Crater Continues To Spew Lava Into Sea (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Lava flows that have been cascading into the sea have formed a brand new, tiny island off the coast of Hawaii after a crater at Mount Kilauea exploded with the force of a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.
New Control Of Cell Division Discovered
UZH researchers have identified an enzyme responsible for guaranteeing the even distribution of cell constituents concentrated in organelles without a membrane. Their discovery opens up new opportunities for the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging processes and viral infections.
Scientists Claim To Have Discovered The World’s Oldest Color – and It Is Pink
The coral hue is older than animals – and helps explain why it has taken so long for them to arrive.
Soundwaves and Viruses Used to ‘Switch Off’ Memory Formation
Researchers have discovered it is possible to use soundwaves and viruses to ‘switch off’ memory formation in the brain.
Capitalism Is Ruining Science
Creeping marketization has created perverse incentives for researchers — threatening the wholesale corruption of science itself.
Milky Way Clogged With Trillions Of Tons Of ‘Dirty, Toxic Space Grease,’ Study Finds
The Milky Way is full of grease-like molecules, enough ‘space grease’ for 40 trillion trillion trillion packs of butter, according to a new study that attempted to mimic interstellar dust in a laboratory.
Giant Asteroid Headed Toward Earth is Visible to Human Eye
The giant space rock is barreling through space at breakneck speeds of 19.34 km/s or 43,262mph.
Huge part of Arctic ocean is shifting to an Atlantic climate, study finds
The northern Barents Sea has warmed 1.5 degrees Celsius in just 18 years.
New Study Finds The Most Psychopaths in U.S. Live in Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C., may be known for its countless politicians, but a new study says our nation’s capital also houses the most psychopaths in the United States.
New species of extinct ape discovered in tomb of ancient Chinese noblewoman
Gibbon likely belonged to Lady Xia, grandmother of China’s first emperor, but its species appears to have been driven to extinction by deforestation.
Eels are getting high on cocaine in Britain's drug-polluted rivers, say researchers
Cocaine flushed into rivers is making critically endangered eels “hyperactive” and threatening their survival, new research suggests.