Should we send “come find us” messages into space?
SETI scientists and astronomers would like to send “come find us” messages into space, hoping that advanced aliens might pick them up and come...
Dogs became domesticated 15,000 years ago and not 30,000, new research shows
Dog’s have been our best friends since about 15,000 years ago, and not 30,000, researchers from Skidmore College in New York and the University of...
Robot scientist ‘Eve’ discovers new drugs super fast and cheaply
Scientists from the Universities of Manchester, Aberystwyth and Cambridge have created an artificial intelligence, a robot scientist they call Eve, that can discover new...
Neil Armstrong’s Moon Landing bag found in a closet by his widow
Carol Armstrong, the widow of the late Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the Moon, found a Lunar Landing bag, known...
Twinkle satellite will seek out distant Earth-like and other planets
Twinkle is a planned satellite that will seek out Earth-like and other types of exoplanets, examining their atmospheres and providing scientists with new insights...
Endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found on a Devon beach, UK
Ben Read was walking down the beach in Devon, England, when he came across a super rare and endangered turtle – a Kemp's ridley...
NASA vintage photographs up for auction, including first space selfies
A fantastic collection of prints from a previously unseen private collection of NASA photographs showing pioneering astronauts on the Moon and in space will...
Spectacular Northern Lights video footage taken from the International Space Station
Spectacular NASA video footage taken from space showing the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) meeting the sunrise over Earth’s horizon has been released.
The video shows...
Lemmings use loud barks, ferocious bites and bold colors to scare off predators
Lemmings scare off predators by emitting a very loud bark, an extremely ferocious bite, and giving the false impression it is poisonous with its...
Dutch chimps adopt Scottish accent when they bond with new group
Dutch and Scottish chimps have a different sounding grunt for “apple”, but when the Dutch animals moved in with the Scottish ones, they eventually adopted...