Scientists Find Evidence of Rainforests in Antarctica Posted May 20, 2020 New research found evidence that swampy rainforests once existed in Antarctica. A team of European scientists discovered plant fossils in the region, which pro…
Tallest Waterfall in Ecuador Disappears Posted May 18, 2020 The 150-meter San Rafael Waterfall disappeared because of a sinkhole. Considered the tallest waterfall in Ecuador, the San Rafael Waterfall attracted thousands of visitors ever…
Scientists Develop Coating that Kills Bacteria on Devices Posted May 7, 2020 Scientists from University College London created a light-sensitive coating that kills harmful bacteria on screens and keyboards. The scientists created the ne…
Study Suggests How Humans Survived during Ice Age Posted May 2, 2020 A recent study suggests how prehistoric humans might have survived the last Ice Age. In the 1950s, researchers discovered circular structures made of mammoth bones in Russia. T…
Study: Days Were Shorter Millions of Years Ago Posted April 26, 2020 A recent study revealed that days 70 million years ago were shorter than they are now. When dinosaurs roamed the Earth millions of years ago, the planet was ro…
Forests Are Losing Capability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide, Study Says Posted April 20, 2020 A study found that tropical forests can no longer eliminate carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere like they used to. The study was conducted by a team of European and Africa…
Scientists Discover First Animal That Can Survive without Oxygen Posted April 12, 2020 Scientists discovered the first multicellular animal that does not need oxygen to live. Studies have shown that multicellular animals on Earth perform mitochondrial respiration…
Report: Snakes Die of Hunger Because of Declining Frog Population Posted April 4, 2020 Scientists believe that the snakes in Panama, Central America, are starving because of frog population decline. In their report, scientists from the University…
Astronomers to Increase Efforts in Exploring Potential Life Outside Earth Posted March 26, 2020 A group of astronomers is partnering with the Very Large Array (VLA), an observatory with 28 massive radio telescopes, to search the sky for traces of ext…
Spacecraft Launched to Take Closer Photos of the Sun Posted March 25, 2020 The European Space Agency (ESA), in partnership with NASA, launched a spacecraft to take detailed photographs of the Sun. Called the Solar Orbiter, the spacecraft was launched …