New legless snake-like caecilian amphibian discovered in Cambodia
Scientists have discovered a new species of legless amphibian in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia. Called Ichthyophis cardamomensis, the new species is a caecilian.
The...
Anthropocene started at the first nuclear test on July 16, 1945
Anthropocene started when the first nuclear test took place, on July 16th, 1945, a research team suggests. Anthropocene refers to the current geological age,...
Polar bears moving northward because it’s getting too warm where they are
Polar bears are moving northward because where many of them live no longer have persistent year-round sea ice, a recent study led by the US...
Ocean life faces colossal threat from human activity, warn scientists
Humans are plundering the oceans with seafloor mining, shrimp farms, satellite-guided giant-scale sea-fishing with a gold-rush-like fervor that threatens to destroy much of its...
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...