Bird family tree using genetic data from 48 species created
A bird ‘family tree’, said to be the most detailed ever made, using genetic data from 48 different species, traces how modern birds evolved...
Energy firms fined £4.6m for not meeting environmental targets, says Ofgem
UK’s energy regulator Ofgem says it has fined Scottish Power, SSE and GDF Suez a total of £4.6 million for failing to meet environmental...
Southampton students plan to grow lettuce on Mars
An experiment to grow lettuce on Mars is looking like a real possibility. University of Southampton students intend to bring a small pressurised greenhouse...
Scientists detect signals that may be a sign of dark matter’s existence
Scientists have detected some unusual signals from deep space that could be a sign of the existence of dark matter.
Dark matter is one of...
Five trillion pieces of plastic floating in our oceans, says study
A recent study shows that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic floating in the world’s oceans.
The study, published in the journal PLOS...
Earth’s water came from asteroids not comets, Rosetta mission finds
According to a recent study published in the journal Science, results from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission (which landed on Comet 67P in...
Methane being released into the Pacific Ocean at an alarming rate
Water at intermediate depths in the Pacific Ocean is warming up to a point where methane gas, trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor,...
Australia pledged A$200 million to the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Australia has pledged it will provide A$200 million over the next four years to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a U.N. initiative that redistributes...
Vikings traveled with their families when colonizing new lands
A recent study has found evidence to suggest that Viking women travelled with men as they explored for new lands to colonize.
This is in...
X-ray video provides clues on dinosaur tracks and their formation
In an effort to improve our understanding of preserved dinosaur tracks and their formation, American and British researchers used X-ray video techniques to record...