Huge Antarctic ice shelf Larsen B gone by 2020, says NASA
Larsen B, a huge Antarctic ice shelf, is weakening super-fast and will likely collapse completely and disappear by 2020, say researchers from NASA’s Jet...
Making large-scale graphene possible for the first time
Scientists have demonstrated how it is possible to make large-scale graphene. One of the biggest problems with graphene, the world’s strongest, lightest and thinnest...
Earth can absorb more CO2 in parallel with rising emissions, new study shows
A new study confirms that planet Earth is able to absorb more CO2 in parallel with the rising emissions. Approximately half of all the CO2...
Lion touches grass with his paws for the first time
A lion that had been locked in a tiny, filthy cage for thirteen years, was let out. He touched fresh earth and grass for the...
Hunter gatherers have sex equality in residential decision-making
Modern hunter gatherers have a unique social structure. As far as residential decision-making is concerned, sex-equality is the norm - men and women have...
Serious wasp and ant explosion set to hit UK, Government cuts blamed
A serious wasp and ant explosion is set to strike the United Kingdom this summer, entomologists (insect scientists) and pest control experts have warned....
Higgs Boson physics paper has mega-record 5,154 authors
A physics paper which attempts to present a more precise estimate for the combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson mass has been published in...
Four closely spaced quasars found in space baffle scientists
Astronomers were amazed to find four closely spaced quasars embedded in a massive cloud of cool dense gas. They calculated the likelihood of such a...
Russian Proton-M rocket carrying Mexican satellite crashed shortly after launch
Another Russian rocket malfunctions, this time a Proton-M that was carrying a Mexican satellite. It malfunctioned shortly after liftoff on Saturday at the Russia-leased...
London homes to cost £1m by 2030 – economy will outstrip European rival cities
London home prices will average at least £1 million by 2030, says forecasting body Oxford Economics, which also predicts that the capital’s economic and...