Kirtland’s Warblers Like To Live In Forests After A Fire
Kirtland’s warblers (named after Jared P. Kirtland) are an endangered species of birds that, like so many humans, spend summer in North America and winter…
NASA’s Voyager 1 in “Cosmic Purgatory”
After over three decades in space, Voyager 1 is about to leave the Solar System and head into the uncharted territory of the Milky Way….
Bearing Gifts Equals More Sex Even With Spiders
It looks like human males aren’t the only ones giving women cheap gifts to get sex. Male nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) wrap their gifts…
Hubble Reaches New Milestone: 10,000th Scientific Paper Published
As if we needed any reminders, it just illustrates how the Hubble Space Telescope has been one of the most successful scientific endeavors ever undertaken…
Nuclear Plant Helps Save Endangered Florida Crocodiles
Normally we hear about how bad nuclear plants are, but when was the last time you heard a story about how they save animals? One…
Two Largest Black Holes Ever Discovered
Huge. Massive. Gigantic. Monstrous. Ginormous. Words fail to describe two huge black holes that may be the largest ever measured. Supermassive black holes inhabit most…
Rarest Bumblebee In US Found In New Mexico
Researchers from the University of California Riverside have rediscovered one of the rarest species of bumblebee in the United States; the Cockerell’s Bumblebee. This is…
New Dinosaur Species Announced
A new species of horned dinosaur has been announced by an international team of scientists. It’s called Spinops sternbergorum and it lived about 76 million…
Naked Mole Rats Make Slow Sperm
Naked Mole Rats are all teeth and skin. They are fairly ugly by our usual standards and as it turns out, so is their sperm,…
3D Video Offers A Tour Over Asteroid Vesta
The 3D video below of the giant asteroid Vesta offers an amazing look at the object. Sort of a guided tour that might have come…
Astronomers Discover 18 New Planets
Good news today for fans of giant planets. Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets. They are all Jupiter-size gas giants that circle stars larger…
It’s Official, Toads Can Predict Earthquakes
Italian toads can apparently sense earthquakes like the earthquake that struck L’Aquila on April 6th, 2009. We know this because Dr. Rachel Grant of the…
3-D Printer Makes Custom Human Bones
We’ve been printing documents and pictures for ages and lately, 3D printers have been helping us make all kinds of 3D objects like toys and…
Turtle Eggs Communicate To Hatch At The Same Time
When Australian river turtles lay their eggs in a hole in a sandy riverbank, there is no good reason that they would hatch at the…
Qbo Robot Looks In The Mirror, Recognizes Itself
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Well, Qbo didn’t say that as it rolled up to a mirror and…
NASA Confiscates Stolen Rocket Engine
The internet is a great thing for folks who really like to buy stuff. You can find anything. Even NASA parts, including rockets. In July…
The Mars Rover Curiosity Planetary Protection Snafu
Whenever we send a spacecraft or rover to another planet NASA is very careful to make sure that it isn’t carrying biological contamination from Earth….
The Paper Wasp Recognizes Faces
Don’t judge the brain of the Paper Wasp by its size. Their brains are less than a millionth the size of human brains; but they…
