Arran diver Howard Wood receives world’s top grassroots environmental award
Howard Wood, who spearheaded a campaign that established Scotland’s first community-developed Marine Protected Area, giving locals a voice in a debate that had long...
New Glass Frog species discovered in Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica
A new species of Glass Frog has been discovered in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica. Known scientifically as Hyalinobatrachium dianae, the frog is...
Nessie sighting claim cost Natural History Museum top scientist his job
In 1959, the Natural History Museum’s principal scientific officer, Dr. Denys Tucker (1921-2009), said he saw Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, a claim which...
Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25th birthday on 24 April
Exactly 25 years ago on 24 April, the Hubble Space Telescope was taken into orbit by Space Shuttle Discovery in what was at the...
Dark matter seen interacting with a non-gravity force, so not completely ‘dark’
Signs of dark matter possibly interacting with a force other than gravity have been observed by an international team of scientists from the UK,...
Mercury-like planet crashed into Earth allowing life to flourish
There is life on Earth because a Mercury-like planet crashed into our world billions of years ago, which created the conditions required for life...
No signs of super-advanced alien life after 100,000 galaxies searched
A team of scientists searched for super-advanced alien life in 100,000 galaxies and found no evidence. They used observations from NASA’s WISE orbiting observatory....
Scientists try to solve the Four Corners methane mystery
There is an area in the US where the states of Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona meet, that has the highest concentrations of...
Mysterious signals came from kitchen microwave oven, not aliens
Mysterious signals thought to have come from deep space and possibly aliens, in fact, originated from somewhere much less spectacular - a microwave oven...
Robotic chef could well leave top professionals out of a job
A new robotic chef has been created which can cook Michelin star food right in your kitchen just by receiving recipes from an online...