Giant rats were 10 times the size of modern rats
In the past, rats used to be up to ten times the size of rats today, say archeologists from The Australian National University (ANU)...
Tobacco plant gene may aid space farming, Australian discovery
Australian scientists have discovered a gene in Pitjuri (Nicotiana benthamiana), an ancient tobacco plant indigenous to Agoriginal tribes, that could aid space farming. The...
Pandas express love, happiness and flirt using panda-speak
Giant pandas have their own language, which they use to express physical attraction from male-to-female, flirtatious responses, unhappiness, contentment and hunger, says a group...
Qualities of leadership – learned from studying mammalian societies
A new study may help us better understand the qualities of leadership after studying several mammalian societies, including elephants, meerkats and humans. With contenders hitting US...
Genetically modifying bees to survive Canada’s cold winters
By genetically modifying bees to survive the cold weather in Canada, the country would not have to keep importing so many from the United...
Toyota investing $1 billion in artificial intelligence research
Toyota announced that it will be investing $1 billion over the next five years in an artificial intelligence research company called Toyota Research Institute...
Sunless world where molten iron rains down below hot dust clouds
Imagine a distant, sunless world where it rains molten iron and its clouds are made of super-hot dust. This is what a team of...
Adorable elephant-shrews make their debut at Chester Zoo
Two round-eared elephant-shrews, also known as Sengis (Macroscelides proboscideus), have gone on show at Chester Zoo in England for the first time, and have...
UK astronaut Tim Peake’s last visit to UK before launch to ISS
This is UK astronaut Tim Peake's last visit to his country before his launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on 15th December 2015. Celebrations...
Advanced alien megastructure unlikely to be dimming Tabby’s Star
Everybody became extremely excited that an advanced alien megastructure could be the reason why ‘Tabby’s Star’, known scientifically as KIC 8462852, was randomly dimming...