Looking out to the future, we see a gradual but also very important shift occurring right under our feet; the Earth’s own rhythm has begun to alter and slow down. New studies by researchers from both ETH Zurich and the University of Vienna have demonstrated that climate change caused by humans is making our planet’s…
Rivers are thought of as a fertile environment with a variety of fish, flora, and fauna, as well as freshwater that is available for supporting life. However, there are rivers across the world that have a different story to tell. One of the rivers is the Jordan River, which is referred to as a river…
As we explore more of the universe, the physical impacts of living in microgravity continue to be one of the primary obstacles to long-term space travel. Research on Assessment of Jugular Venous Blood Flow Stasis and Thrombosis During Spaceflight suggests that astronauts may face a potential “silent” risk of developing Venous Thromboembolism during long-duration space…
There are some scientific discoveries that feel immediately sensible. Water is wet, fire is hot, politicians lie. And then there are discoveries that sound as though a group of slightly overworked researchers accidentally wandered into a Transformers writers’ room and decided to take the script seriously. Bumblebee queens, it turns out, can survive underwater for…
A newly identified dinosaur fossil from Brazil is offering fresh clues about how ancient animals once moved across continents that are today separated by vast oceans. The remains belong to a previously unknown species of giant long-necked dinosaur that lived around 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period. What makes the discovery particularly…
When, during the International Space Station (ISS) mission, astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stretched from eight days to over nine months, a critical question emerged at that time: why did NASA lack a dedicated emergency rescue plan? According to reports, the Daily Mail quoted that the agency faced a backfire when Boeing’s Starliner suffered…
According to NASA, Lake Untersee is an underground body of water resting in the snow-capped peaks of East Antarctica. Hidden like a time capsule, it provides scientists with a necessary resource with which to look back and study how life came to be formed. It has a very unique chemistry (i.e. pH = 10.4), and…
Humans are very eager to study the moon’s secrets, and so scientists from all around the world are trying their best to reach a site that can give them a perfect study to read unknown facts about the moon. The US and China moon race is on as their scientists are finding ways to reach…
Astronomers have spotted something unusual in a comet passing through our Solar System. 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar visitor ever seen, appears to be stuffed with methanol, an alcohol you might find in a lab, not your drink. Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers reportedly measured methanol at levels far…
A King penguin colony (AP photo) A new study has found that king penguins are breeding earlier as global temperatures rise, and the shift is helping improve their breeding success.Researchers studying about 19,000 king penguins on a sub-Antarctic island chain found that the birds are now starting their breeding cycle 19 days earlier than they…