Solar eclipse on March 20, enjoy but watch your eyes, scientists warn
On March 20th there will be a solar eclipse, with the far north of the UK experiencing 98% obscuration (darkness), and 85% in the...
Homer Simpson solved Higgs boson mystery during mid-life crisis in 1998
During a mid-life crisis in 1998, Homer Simpson nearly solved the Higgs boson equation, fourteen years before scientists managed to do so with CERN’s...
Climate change caused the Syrian war, study suggests
Climate change brought about a record drought in Syria from 2006 to 2010, which was probably caused by human-induced climate change. The drought may...
SpaceX launches two all-electric satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX launched two all-electric satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket, which launched successfully on Saturday. The huge booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air...
Homer Simpson wrote Higgs Boson equation 14 years before scientists did
Fictional character Homer Simpson was super close to predicting the Higgs boson (Higgs particle), an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics,...
Svalbard Doomsday Vault receiving thousands of seeds this week
The first delivery of forest tree species seeds have been accepted by the Svalbard Doomsday Vault, a secure seed bank on the island of...
Body found at Richard III excavation was an elderly woman
Within the mysterious lead coffin at the former hastily-dug grave of King Richard III was an elderly woman, probably of high socioeconomic or religious...
Dogs helped modern humans beat Neanderthals 40000 years ago
Dogs bred from wolves helped modern humans vanquish local Neanderthals 40,000 years ago from Europe, says Professor Pat Shipman, an anthropologist from Penn State,...
Emperor penguins survived last ice age in the Ross Sea
In the last ice age, only three populations of emperor penguins are thought to have survived, one of them in the Ross Sea in...
Solar eclipse across whole of UK on March 20th, and continental Europe
The UK will see a solar eclipse with obscuration (darkness) ranging from 97% in the north to 85% in the south. The Moon will...