Science

How Modern Humans Evolved with Weaker Bones: Blame It On Agriculture

Ana Verayo   | May 19, 2015 08:41 AM EDT

Researchers reveal that modern humans have weaker bones compared to ancestors from 33,000 years ago due to agriculture. read more

Raining Spiders Scare Off Locals in Australia

Marco Foronda   | May 19, 2015 09:30 AM EDT

The migration technique is not that new, however, it is unusual to take to the simultaneously. “Angel hair” is coined to the blankets of silk that the flying spiders leave. read more

Ecuador Bags down the Largest Reforestation World Record

Marco Foronda   | May 19, 2015 08:40 AM EDT

There were thousands of people participated in planting and almost 647,250 trees of more than 200 species were used. read more

'Breaking Bad' Saga Continues: Let's Convert Sugar To Heroin With A Special Yeast!

Aishwarya Bhatt   | May 19, 2015 08:58 AM EDT

Scientists at the University of California Berkley and Concordia University are in the process of brewing morphine (or heroin) from sugar. They recently presented a seminar in which they showcased the process of converting sugar entirely in to heroin. read more

Bright Black Holes Spotted In A Distant Nebula

Aishwarya Bhatt   | May 19, 2015 08:51 AM EDT

Four active black holes were recently discovered in a distant gas cloud (which are known as quasars), and were clustered in a nebula which is distanced at almost 10 billion light years from the surface of Earth. read more

Space Station or Death Star? ISS Installs Laser Beam to Destroy Space Junk

Ana Verayo   | May 19, 2015 07:04 AM EDT

With the help of Japan's EUSO space telescope, this laser beam can detect even small space debris and nudge it away from the ISS. read more

Scientists Map Out Lava Flow Inside Mount St. Helens 35 Years After Erupting

Ana Verayo   | May 19, 2015 05:43 AM EDT

A new study involves new data from Mount St. Helens where scientists have mapped out the lave flow inside the volcano to aid in future eruption predictions. read more

WATCH Spider Ballooning Is Covering Albury, Australia With Silky Spider Web

Aishwarya Bhatt   | May 19, 2015 08:44 AM EDT

Many parts of Australia are getting covered with a sticky silky substance, which looks like a spider web. This phenomenon is called ballooning and it is currently covering the entire city of Albury, in New South Wales. read more

Study: Ocean Microbes, Sea Breeze, Mist Also Influence The Atmosphere

Aishwarya Bhatt   | May 19, 2015 08:39 AM EDT

It was found in a recent study that ocean microbes can also influence the atmosphere. This study can totally change the way that climate models are interpreted and studied as the entire climatic change study will be looked in a different way after this revelation. read more

X-37B Spy Space Plane Launches Tomorrow for Another Mystery Mission

Ana Verayo   | May 19, 2015 02:30 AM EDT

The U.S. Air Force military robotic spaceplane will launch tomorrow carrying experimental payloads that will test new, highly classified technology. read more

NASA's 'Journey to Space Program' Offers $2.8 Million For the Best Design of Mar's 3D Printable Habitat

Aishwarya Bhatt   | May 19, 2015 12:32 AM EDT

NASA is willing to offer up to $2.8 million dollars to the person who can design a habitat that be printed on Mars in 3D. NASA is offering many such interesting challenges involving a lot of money, on a weekly basis now. read more

NASA Needs Your Help to Create a 3D Printed Habitat on Mars

Ana Verayo   | May 18, 2015 09:12 AM EDT

NASA just announced a contest encouraging participants to design and build a 3D printed habitat for astronauts on Mars. read more

Ear Bone Can Help Revealing the Salmon History, New Study Finds

Marco Foronda   | May 18, 2015 09:00 AM EDT

By taking advantage of chemical traces called strontium in the tree-like growth patterns found in salmon ear bones, researchers can precisely trace a salmon's life history read more

It's Real: Giant Squid Washes Up at New Zealand Shore

Ana Verayo   | May 18, 2015 08:02 AM EDT

A giant squid measuring 23 feet washes up at Kaikoura where scientists have already transported the dead body to a freezer. read more

NASA Will Bring Algae and Bacteria to Mars to Create Oxygen for Humans

Ana Verayo   | May 18, 2015 07:01 AM EDT

For future manned missions to Mars, scientists are now developing microbes to bring to the alien world to produce essential oxygen for humans. read more

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