Basking sharks sighted in Scottish waters much earlier than usual
Basking sharks do not usually appear in Scottish waters until the summer. However, Basking Shark Scotland reports ten different sightings over Easter of the...
Hydrogen fuel from corn husks, a low emission breakthrough
A cheap way of producing hydrogen fuel from abundantly-available corn stover – the stalks, cobs, and husks - has been discovered by scientists at...
Glaciers of Western Canada mostly gone by 2100, scientists warn
The glaciers of Western Canada will be mostly gone by the end of this century, say University of British Columbia scientists. Seventy percent of...
Three new Dwarf Dragon species discovered in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador
Three new species of Dwarf Dragons – dragonesque woodlizards – have been discovered in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Dwarf Dragons, also known as...
Amazing green clouds of gas in deep space captured by Hubble Space Telescope
Spectacular images of eight huge green clouds of gas around eight different active galaxies tens of thousands of light years from Earth have been...
Chins are unique to humans because of cooking and softer food
The chin is a unique human feature, other animals, including chimps and gorillas, do not have chins. The human chin evolved because we started...
Fear of spiders is in our genes – we are programmed that way
Our fear of spiders – arachnophobia – has become part of our DNA as a product of human evolution since we first started walking...
Frustrated magnets and the Hall Effect
Frustrated magnets are so called because they ought to be magnetic at low temperatures but aren’t. Scientists at Princeton University carried out an experiment...
Farage set to lose his own South Thanet seat, say Tory newspapers
Two Tory newspapers, the Telegraph and Mail, say Nigel Farage, head of the anti-EU party UKIP, is set to lose his South Thanet seat...
Arachnophobia is in our genes, a product of human evolution
A new study suggests that arachnophobia – a fear of spiders – is in our genes, i.e. it has become part of our DNA...