Burmese Pythons Causing Decline of Mammals in Everglades National Park
According to new study that was co-authored by USGS and published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists found that the…
Little Ice Age Sparked by Volcanoes, Sustained by Sea-Ice Feedback
The Little Ice Age (LIA), a mysterious period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period and extended from the 16th into the 19th…
Study Measures Mammalian Growth, Taking 24 Million Years to Go from Mouse to Elephant
Evolution has its quirks, and getting from a mouse-sized animal to a pachyderm didn’t take thousands of years, it took millions. Evolutionary biologists have published…
Listening to Mozart Can Make You Smarter but No More Than Justin Bieber
It’s believed that listening to Mozart and other classical music recordings will make the listener smarter, but this is a misconception as there’s nothing unique…
Orion Space Capsule Manned Flight Delayed until 2021
NASA had intended to rebuild its human spaceflight program with the Orion capsule in 2014, with a manned launch in 2016, but it’s been announced…
Researchers Developing Handheld Pathogen Detector
Cornell professors are combining their inventions in an effort to develop a handheld pathogen detector for developing world countries. The device works by “amplifying” very…
Researchers Show Imaging of Non-Reflection Domain Wall Structures
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) and the High Pressure Synergetic Consortium (HPSynC) show the first imaging…
Self-Guided Bullet Accurate From One Mile Away
Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a small-caliber, self-guided bullet and have had initial success testing the design in computer simulations and in field…
Researchers Reduce Sperm Count Using Ultrasound
Using modern ultrasound equipment, researchers at University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine effectively reduced male sperm counts in laboratory rat tests. The idea of…
NASA’s THEMIS Satellite Records Effect of Geomagnetic Storms on Radiation Belts
Scientists are studying the Van Allen Radiation belts to gain a better understanding about the radiation encircling the Earth. It was once feared that these…
Researchers Report That Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Have Raised Ocean Acidity
A team of researchers comprised of climate modelers, marine conservationists, ocean chemists, biologists, and ecologists published their recent research into ocean acidity in the January…
Researchers Show Sperm Production Has Health Implications
According to Dr. Damian Dowling of Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences and Professor Leigh Simmons of the University of Western Australia, reproduction may be…
Earth’s Van Allen Radiation Belt’s Charged Electrons Heading for Space Not Surface
The increase in solar activity has become quite obvious on Earth, thanks to the increase in auroras caused by geomagnetic storms, but while astronomers had…
Quantum Physicists Take a Step Forward in Understanding Quantum Inseparability
Quantum physicists from the University of Bristol and Hungarian Academy of Sciences have teamed together on new research that takes a step forward in understanding…
Scientific Study Proves Blogging Therapeutic for Teens
Over the recent years, with the boom in texting and online social networks, teenagers have been developing new ways of dealing with their emotional problems….
Intercontinental Crop Losses Caused by Ozone
Researchers at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the University of York, published a new study showing the extent of the Northern Hemisphere’s intercontinental…
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: The Ethics of Brain Boosting
Prominent Oxford neuroscientists are teaming up with ethicists to consider the issues raised by brain-stimulating techniques. They recently spoke on BBC’s Radio 4 morning program…
NDM-1 Super Bacteria Scares Medical Community in India
In Indian hospitals, over 50% of bacterial infections are now resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Surveys have shown that many widespread pathogens in India are…