NASA’s Peggy Whitson arrives at ISS, becomes oldest female astronaut
On Saturday, the Soyuz capsule carrying the astronauts Oleg Novitskiy, Thomas Pesquet, and Peggy Whitson arrived and docked at the International Space Station. With...
Study says the protein in human hair works as a DNA...
California - A group of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new DNA identification method. The researchers analyze the protein contained in...
Canyons the size of Manhatthan found underneath Antarctica
A discovery has been made in the Western region of Antarctica: deep beneath the region, there are mountain ranges and valleys that happen to...
Moon Express raises enough funds to try to mine the Moon
Moon Express, a private company that wants to mine the Moon, has just raised $20 million and achieved its funding goal to launch its...
NASA’s passes on NEOCam telescope as asteroid threats grow
Though it may seem like a story ripped from the pages of a science fiction novel, the risk of an asteroid impact is very...
China clones monkeys for the first time ever
Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Neuroscience created two macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using Somatic Cell Nuclear...
This Lithium-Ion battery has a built in fire extinguisher
A research team from Stanford University released a document detailing their experiments with the flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (or TPP). They plan to include...
Global Presence of Leopards Dwindled by 75%
A new study published in the Journal Peer J on May 07, 2016, it has been learned that the global presence of Leopards has...
Obama pays $500M to climate change fund, still owes $2B
The U.S. government paid $500 million to the United Nations Green Climate Fund on Tuesday. The contribution made through the State Department could be the last of...
Scientists recreate ancient night sky to date 2,500 yr-old Greek poem
A group of Washington scientists accurately defined the date referred to in a 2,500 year old poem by the Greek poet Sappho called “Midnight...