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...
Climate Change and Deforestation Killing World’s Oldest Trees and Stunting Younger Ones

Climate Change and Deforestation Killing World’s Oldest Trees and Stunting Younger...

A study published in the journal Science reveals that a combination of climate change and deforestation is destroying ancient trees, and stunting younger ones....

Scientists unveil Cheddar Man’s face and details of British heritage

Through DNA testing, scientists have found that Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest skeleton, discovered back in 1903 Gough’s Cave near the village of Cheddar in...
E. coli microbes

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...

NASA opens Katherine Johnson building at Langley Research Center

On Friday, NASA honored Katherine Johnson’s contributions to space exploration with the inauguration of a new building in her name at the Langley Research...

2017 Solar Eclipse Glasses Buying Guide

Over the weekend, Amazon sent notices to customers who bought solar eclipse glasses and viewers from fraudulent manufacturers who didn’t meet safety standards. The...
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NASA’s Kilopower reactor to give Mars misson a nuclear boost

The United States tested nuclear reactor systems in order to sustain astronauts on Mars and a long duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launch pushed to 2019

NASA announced on Thursday that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed once again, this time to a launch window...

NASA scientists protect astronauts from the Sun with new tool

Scientists from NASA have come up with a new way to detect harmful solar storms in advance by using a new technique. Instead of...

Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko has components of life, detects Rosetta

An important constituent of living beings which includes ingredients of DNA like protein glycine and phosphorous has been detected in the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This give...