Yesterday at the annual Science (AAAS) meeting here in Chicago, a panel of climate experts convened for a symposium to present their research and discuss the risks and challenges … [Read full article]
See 63 Years of Climate Change In 15 Seconds [NASA Animation]
Despite what some in the “mainstream” media assert, there is no “debate about global warming” — not amongst informed scientists, anyways. Scientists knowledgeable about climate change debate only the finer … [Read full article]
New & Extremely Rare Species of River Dolphin Discovered in Brazil
Imagine: You are a zoologist on a research expedition, exploring the remote riverine ecosystems in some of the remotest parts of the Brazilian Amazon river basin…You have heard rumors from … [Read full article]
Planet Earth Won't Die Out As 'Soon' As Previously Thought, New Models Predict
Barring some unstoppable and unforeseen geo-cataclysm such as a large asteroid impact, scientists who construct models of our planet’s distant future had previously posited a date of about 300 – … [Read full article]
Astronomers Capture First Image of 'Cosmic Web' That Holds Galaxies Together
Just a few years ago, indirect evidence, or “signatures”, of gigantic cosmic “tendrils”, or filaments, was discovered lurking around distant multi-galactic formations. Vast in scale but invisible, such filamentous structures … [Read full article]
New Industrial Catalysts Developed – Promising 'Greener', Cheaper, Safer Drugs And Perfumes
Chemists at the University of Toronto have developed a new class of eco-friendly metal catalysts for use in a variety of industries that can viably replace the rare and expensive … [Read full article]
Cancer Cells And Immune Cells Can Merge In Some Cases, New Study Confirms
A recent study to disprove the idea that some cancer and immune cells can merge and form a new, more potent cancer cell, actually ended up proving the validity of … [Read full article]
A 'Rigged' Game Of Monopoly Reveals How Feeling Wealthy Changes Our Behavior [TED VIDEO]
I remember playing various board games as a kid with my family and friends…games like parcheesi, The Game of Life, and Monopoly. And of all the games we played, it … [Read full article]
Up In Arms – Our Milky Way Galaxy Found to Have More 'Arms' Than Previously Thought
A team of astronomers and astrophysicists has identified over 120 groups of “young, massive stars” located in well-known star-forming regions of our galaxy and found that they map faithfully onto … [Read full article]
In First, Physicists Demonstrate Complex Quantum Phenomenon On The Macro-Scale Using Plastic Film [VIDEO]
In a first for Physics, scientists working at IBM Research have successfully demonstrated Bose-Einstein condensation — a complex quantum phenomenon in which multiple particles suddenly begin acting in unison — … [Read full article]
New Lawsuits Seek to Grant Chimps And Highly Self-Aware Animals ‘Legal Persons’ Status
[UPDATED: Jan. 14, 2015; see UPDATE NOTE below] On Monday morning, December 2, an animal rights group called the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed a lawsuit in the Supreme court … [Read full article]
Comet ISON Speeds Towards The Sun – Path May Spell Its Doom [VIDEO]
[UPDATED: Dec. 5, 2013 – see note, below] This thrilling, deep space video of comet ISON (aka the newest ‘comet of the Century’) passing Earth and Mercury on its way … [Read full article]
New 'Extreme' Form of Bacteria Found In NASA, ESA Clean Rooms
A completely new bacterial life form that appears to inhabit only space agency ‘clean rooms’ has been classified after more than three years of investigation and analysis. Microbial lifeforms that … [Read full article]