April was 400th consecutive warmer-than-average month on record
Planet Earth has just had its 400th consecutive hotter than average month due to global warming. December 1984, with President Ronald Reagan in office,...
Lake Mead water level shrinks to record low amid ongoing Western...
The vast and beautiful Colorado River Reservoir is expected to shrink due to on-going drought. This is because the surface level at Lake Mead...
NASA’s Cassini to explore Saturn rings on mission finale
On Wednesday, November 30, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will begin a series of maneuvers to get close to the rings of Saturn. The so-called ‘Ring-Grazing...
Humanity’s oldest ancestor is not a monkey but a weird fish
Scientists have identified a new microorganism that could be humanity's oldest ancestor. It is a bag-like sea creature with a large mouth, eyes like...
Humanity is closer to creating semi-synthetic life forms
A group of researchers from China, France, and the United States has managed to successfully insert genetic code into E. coli microbes, which essentially...
Scientists seek to prove Loch Ness Monster’s existence using DNA tests
'Scientists in Great Britain have decided to carry out an experiment that could determine if one of Scotland’s greatest legends is, in fact, a...
Ancient spider fossils reveal details of arachnid evolution
An ancient fossil from the Cretaceous period has been found, and it belongs to an eight-legged arachnid with a tail similar to a scorpion’s...
Scientists challenge Einstein’s conclusion on speed of light
A team of physicists hailing from the Imperial College in London and the Perimeter Institute in Canada recently proposed an experiment to test the...
Oculus Mission: ISS and Virtual Reality projects for 2017
Oculus worked along with three space agencies to create Mission: ISS. Mission: ISS allows the users of Oculus Rift to explore the International Space...
Scientists create fake news ‘vaccine’ against misinformation
A group of scientists from Cambridge, Yale, and George Mason University has developed a ‘vaccine’ to combat fake news. Results of their study show...