The oceans have become our plastic debris dumping ground
We dumped about 8 million tons of plastic debris into the world’s oceans in 2010, this figure will increased more than tenfold within the...
Should we approach intelligent aliens by actively sending messages into space?
Should we send messages from Earth out into space telling intelligent aliens, if any exist, that we are here and would like to say...
Dogs can tell when humans are happy or upset just from photos
Just by looking at photos of people faces, and even parts of faces, dogs can tell when we are happy or upset, researchers from...
Spectacular NASA time-lapse video of the Sun over last five years
On the fifth anniversary of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the space agency has released a spectacular time-lapse video revealing the Sun’s activities since 2010,...
Apple said to be producing an electric iCar
According to various sources, Apple will be producing a car that will "give Tesla a run for its money".
It may seem like a bit...
Facebook rolls out “legacy contact” to take control of a user’s account when they...
Facebook has implemented a new feature that allows its users to decide what will happen to their accounts when they pass away.
A new option...
Gene that shaped Darwin’s finches’ beaks identified by US and Swedish scientists
American and Swedish scientists have identified a gene that influenced the beak shape of Darwin’s finches, also known as Galápagos finches, which evolved from...
Oceans’ stored CO2 helped end the last ice age
The last ice age ended mainly because of a release of CO2 stored deep in the ocean, which helped warm the planet, say Australian...
Stradivarius loud, deep-sounding violins were created by accident
When the Stradivari family created the world’s best-sounding violins because of their longer, f-shaped sound holes and thicker back plates, they did so by...
Bees thrive as well in towns as in the countryside
Towns and cities are ideal habitats for pollinators like bees, in fact, with such a wide variety of flowering plants in British urban gardens,...