Super ancient brain fossil discovery helps determine how heads first evolved
A 500 million-year-old fossilised brain, discovered at Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies, is helping scientists determine how the heads of early animals first...
Shaking hands can clinch that deal, even with a robot
Shaking hands is a vital component for successful business negotiations, even if the handshake is done through a humanoid robot avatar called NAO, researchers from...
Spectacular Martian sunset in a blue-tinged sky recorded by Curiosity’s Mast Camera
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mascam (Mast Camera) to record the sun dipping to the horizon in a blue-tinged sky. The spectacular images,...
Colossal gas halo surrounding Andromeda galaxy discovered
A massive halo of gas has been found surrounding the Andromeda Galaxy, which is next door to our Milky Way, scientists from the Universities...
NASA’s FINDER saves four lives in Nepal earthquake debris
NASA technology, in the form of a suitcase-sized device called FINDER, saved four lives in the debris following Nepal’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake by detecting...
Mercury’s magnetic field nearly 4 billion years old
Mercury’s magnetic field is between 3.7 and 3.9 billion years old, according to new data from the spacecraft that orbited the Sun’s nearest planet...
Saskatchewan aquatic invasive species protection measures announced
Saskatchewan Environment Minister Scott Moe said the government is changing regulations to help prevent aquatic invasive species from getting a foothold in the Canadian province....
Antarctic ozone hole getting smaller but C02 levels reach new record high
This week has seen some encouraging news regarding the size of the ozone hole over Antarctica, which appears to be shrinking. However, the amount...
Half billion year old brain tells us how early heads evolved on Earth
The discovery of a half-billion year old brain is helping scientists determine how heads first evolved in early animals on Earth during the Cambrian...
Alien signals came from microwave oven opened too early in staff kitchen
Scientists at Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia now know where those alien signals they kept picking up came from – their staff kitchen's microwave oven. Since...