2014 was the warmest year since record keeping began
New data reveals that 2014 was the hottest year since scientists began keeping records 135 years ago.
According to climate experts at NASA and the...
Kepler telescope discovers planet that may support life
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovered a star with three planets, one of which could have what it takes to support life, something that has...
Beagle 2 Mars Lander found twelve years later
The British-led Beagle 2 Mars Lander, which scientists believed had been lost in 2003, has been found partially deployed on the red planet’s surface,...
Exoplanets probably more habitable than we thought, says new study
Exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – are probably more hospitable to life than most people think, says a team of astrophysicists from...
Two or more unknown planets may exist in our Solar System
Our solar system may have at least two more planets than astronomers had estimated, say scientists from the University of Cambridge in England and...
Prehistoric butchery tools drove human communication and teaching
Butchery tools used as early as 1.8 million years ago drove early human communication and teaching, an international team of researchers has found.
Scientists from...
Huge asteroid to hurtle near Earth on January 26th
A huge asteroid, about one third of a mile (0.5km) wide, will hurtle near earth on January 26th. Although it will be relatively near,...
Recovering fingerprints from feathers and eggs more successfully, new study
Forensic scientists at Abertay University in Scotland say they have identified the best way to recover fingerprints from eggs and feathers of birds of...
Best Loch Ness Monster pic prize won by Swede who’s never been there
Swedish Loch Ness Monster aficionado Bjarne Sjöstrand won the ₤2,000 cash prize for best photograph, even though he has never been to Scotland.
Mr. Sjöstrand took...
Gibbons talk like our human ancestors used to
The way white-handed gibbons talk to one another is very similar to how our human ancestors used to millions of years ago, researchers from...