Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure dated back 476,000 Years Ago
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University have found evidence suggesting that humans were constructing wooden structures as…
Hawk Raised by Bald Eagles
Nicknamed “Spunky,” the young hawk was spotted living in an eagle’s nest in June. Experts initially thought his chances for…
Do Bloodworms Bite?
The Brave Wilderness gets up close and personal some some really disgusting Bloodworms. Check out the video below to see…
Underwater Explosions at 120k frames per second
Check out this awesome video done by the slowmo guys using micro explosions from firecrackers underwater while filming at up…
How To Cheat in Pokemon Go using GPS Spoofing
If you’re not able to get out in the real world to play the Pokemon Go game there are other…
10 Awesome Science Experiments to Watch
Check out this video of 10 really cool science experiments done by Home Science. While these are really cool to…
E. coli outbreak leads to massive flour recall
Yesterday, General Mills expanded its flour recall due to four more reported illnesses from eating raw dough or batter produced…
First human CRISPR trial passes safety and ethics review
Last week, a proposal representing the first use of CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) in humans passed a…
Cephalopods: Nature’s camouflaging masters
When I was watching Finding Dory last weekend, one character caught my eye: Hank the octopus (or septopus—you will understand…
Scientists detect gravitational waves for the second time
About a hundred years ago, in his theory of general relativity Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, “ripples”…
Colorful secrets of chemical elements with slow motion flames
If you are a “Game of Thrones” series fan like I am, upon looking at the picture of green flame…
A new way to fight climate change: Trap carbon dioxide in volcanic rocks
Climate change refers to the fluctuation of the climate system caused by the energy entering and leaving Earth. The greenhouse…
Your microbes might decide how much you weigh
Microbes—usually bacteria, fungi, or protists—made a big splash of news when the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy…
Operation Pangea targets unlawful internet sales of illegal prescription drugs
The FDA along with several international regulatory and law enforcement agencies took action this week against over 4,000 websites that…
Green light reduces migraine headaches
Migraine headaches, or migraines, are defined as an intense throbbing or a pulsing sensation in one area of the head,…
SpaceX’s Leaning Rocket Arrives at Cape Canaveral
The first-stage booster pictured above pushed the limits during SpaceX’s 4th successful landing last Friday with a speed that was…
Common yeast infection linked to mental illness
In a study published in online journal npj Schizophrenia, Johns Hopkins researchers found that a history of Candida yeast infections…
Tylenol and other paracetamol painkillers may hinder the brain’s error-correction mechanisms
It’s been known for more than a century that acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol and marketed as Tylenol and Panadol)…
Urgent rethink required on Earth’s carbon-sinks, suggests study
In a new study that expands our understanding of how humans contribute to global warming, scientists have discovered that human…
Generalized constructal law shows that evolution doesn’t apply only to biological things
A law of physics that explains why larger animals live longer and travel further can be extended to the simplest…
Stimulants’ ADHD calming mechanism revealed
When Dr. Charles Bradley administered Benzedrine to a group of children with hyperactivity in 1937 a new era of psychopharmacology…
Gaian bottleneck means alien life never persists, say Oz astrobiologists
Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, according to a new paper by astrobiologists…
Could suicide be a variant of an evolutionarily adaptive set of behaviors?
Snapping shrimp, naked mole rats, ants, honeybees, and humans – what do they all have in common? They all share…
fMRI data trove yields new insights into consciousness and abstract thought
Using 20 years of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from tens of thousands of brain imaging experiments, neuroscientists at…
Brain inflammation linked to compromised reward circuits in depression
Around one third of people with depression have high levels of inflammation markers in their blood. Now, new research appearing…
Sunscreen killing coral reefs
Oxybenzone, a UV-filtering compound used in sunscreens, has been found in high concentrations in the waters around popular coral reefs…
Placebo response growing over time – but only in America
A new study finds that rising placebo responses may play a part in the increasingly high failure rate for clinical…
Electronic implant bypasses brain damage by re-encoding memories
Designed to help individuals suffering from memory loss, a new prosthesis which includes a small array of electrodes implanted into…
Study identifies recipe for Goldilocks quantum phase transitions
University of Miami researchers have found that crossing a quantum phase transition at just-the-right speed generates the richest, most complex…
“Molecules” made of light may be possible, say physicists
A team including theoretical physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has taken a step toward building…