Deepwater Horizon Disaster Payout Announced by US Justice Department
A new cash settlement will be given to the Gulf of Mexico science and restoration project, due to the federal charges related to the 2010…
People Underestimate How Much They’ll Change in the Future
According to a new study, many people underestimate how much they will change in the future. The scientists published their findings in the journal Science….
Stubby-Tailed Oviraptors Had Tails for Courtship Displays
A new study indicates that a group of bipedal dinosaurs, known as oviraptors, shook their feather-adorned tails to gain attention during their courtship rituals. The…
Laboratory Safety Concerns: Researchers Aren’t As Safe As They Feel
According to the results of the first international survey of researchers’ workplace attitudes and practices, scientists may have a false sense of security about the…
Asteroid Impacts Leave Carbonaceous Material on Vesta
New images from NASA’s reveal that large impacts of asteroids may have altered Vesta’s shape and transferred carbonaceous material to the protoplanet and inner solar…
Enzyme’s Essential Role in Long-Term Memory Refuted
The enzyme protein kinase M-ζ (PKM-ζ) was thought to be a fixture of long-term memory, as its inhibition could erase old memories, whilst adding it…
Supersonic Outflows Contain a Million Times the Energy of an Exploding Star
In a newly published study, an international team of astronomers describe how they detected and mapped outflows of charged particles from the center of our…
Quantum Gas Temperature Goes Below Absolute Zero
Physicists have been able to create an atomic gas that can attain a temperature below absolute zero, -273.15˚C. They were able to create this gas…
“Black Beauty” – Scientists Discover a Water-Rich Martian Meteorite
Researchers discovered a new class of Martian meteorite in the Sahara Desert that contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from unknown origins,…
Atmospheric River Observatories Allow Accurate Weather Prediction of Floods
Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow conveyor belts of rainstorms that stream in from the Pacific Ocean. Meteorologists have been able to predict the storms five…
Controversial Psychiatry Change Could See Bereavement as a Disease
A change in the official psychiatric guidelines for depression has raised fears that grief over the death of a loved one could to be classified…
Antiseptics Used By Health Care Workers Might Cause Infections
The FDA is warning that there is a possibility of healthcare-related infections caused by the antiseptics, which are supposed to prevent infections, used to disinfect…
At Least 100 Billion Planets Populate the Milky Way
By analyzing planets orbiting a star called Kepler-32, astronomers at Caltech estimate that there are at least 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Look up…
Kinder Children Are Happier & More Popular Than Bullies
New research indicates that children who are kinder are also happier and more popular. Simple acts of kindness could help reduce bullying in schools. The…
Brainwave-Controlled Helicopter Project Funded By Kickstarter
A brainwave-controlled helicopter project was fully funded by Kickstarter, and is hoping to come into homes very soon. The project was initially posted as a…
Birdsongs Elicit “Emotional” Response From Birds
Scientists indicate that birds listening to birdsong may be experiencing an emotional response akin to when humans listen to music. The study tracked the neural…
ALMA Views a Key Stage in the Birth of Giant Planets
Using the ALMA telescope, scientists have made the first direct observations of the streams of gas that flow across a gap in the disc of…
Carnivorous Neighbors Were Able to Coexist During the Miocene
Entombed within the 9- to 10-million-year-old rocks at Cerro de los Batallones in Spain’s Madrid Basin are at least nine different assemblages of large fossil…
