United Kingdom’s Lake District Becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site Posted August 17, 2017 The United Kingdom’s Lake District has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cultural agency UNESCO made the decision during a committee meeting in Krakow
China Builds “Forest City” Posted August 13, 2017 A “forest city” that will help combat pollution is underway in China. Situated in Liuzhou / ˈlyuˈdʒoʊ / , a city in South China, the 342-ac…
Yellowstone Grizzly Bear No Longer Considered Endangered Posted August 6, 2017 United States government officials announced that protection for grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park has been lifted. After over 40 years of being covered by the Endange…
Study Reveals How Cats Spread Globally Posted July 31, 2017 DNA analysis has revealed how wildcats became the cats that people now keep as pets. Researchers found that cat domestication happened in Western Asia and Egypt. Farmers tamed …
NASA’s Kepler Telescope Discovers 10 Earth-like Planets Posted July 29, 2017 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered 219 new planets, which include 10 potential life-sustaining ones, through the Kepler space telescope. The Ke…
Study Reveals Brain Activity Can Re-create Faces Posted July 19, 2017 Recently, a group of scientists has accurately re-created images of human faces based on the brain activity of monkeys. Researchers from the California Institu…
Scientists Discover Why Whales Got Big Posted July 9, 2017 Scientists have discovered that blue whales evolved into giants only recently. According to researchers, blue whales can grow over 100 feet, making it the larg…
Naked Mole Rats Can Survive Without Oxygen, Study Says Posted July 5, 2017 Scientists have discovered that naked mole rats can survive for 18 minutes without oxygen. Naked mole rats are described as hairless, cold-blooded mammals that belong to the
UN Agency Partners with Chinese Start-Up Company Posted June 28, 2017 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that they have teamed up with ofo to achieve a mutual goal. UNDP recently partnered with…
Germany Tests World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Train Posted June 20, 2017 Germany has conducted a trial run on the world's first hydrogen-powered train. Railway service provider Alstom has developed the Coradia iLint – the first passenger train that …