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Google is notorious for its ambitious projects, and its latest one falls nothing short. Capitalizing on its extremely powerful Google Earth engine, the company teamed up together with the US Geological Survey (USGS) and Time Magazine to release Timelapse – a visual representation of how the Earth has changed during the past 28 years. Carefully [...]

Renowned physicist, famous for his study of black holes, galaxies and for authoring a popular book on the origin of the universe, “A Brief History of Time”, recently arrived at Caltech, like every year, where he held a talk in front of 1,000 people who had waited in line for 12 hours to hear him speak. [...]

Possibly the most exciting technological innovation of the decade, in terms of the impact it’s projected to have, 3-D printing never seems ceasing to amaze us with its unrivaled potential. We’ve seen 3-D printed titanium jaw bones for implants, nanoscale F-1 cars, an ear or live tissue by 3-D printing of stem cells. A number of [...]

This is a Cast of an original fossil of a Meganeuridae. If you’re scared of dragonflies, brace yourself for this: these extinct insects from the Carboniferous period measured up to 70 cm. They are the largest known species of flying insect. Controversy has prevailed as to how insects of the Carboniferous period were able to [...]

This is the first post in a series about types of galaxies; today, we’ll be finding out more about Seyfert galaxies. This galactic type has been described for the first time by Carl K. Seyfert in 1943, who noted that their central regions have peculiar spectra with notable emission lines. Basically, what makes them special [...]

Paracetamol or acetaminophen (going by trade names such as Tylenol, Panadol, Efferalgan, and many more) is one of the most common and effective drugs out there. You’ve almost certainly took it at some point in your life, your parents have, your friends have, I don’t think I know more than a few people who never [...]

You’ve heard it since you were a kid – water doesn’t have a taste, a smell, or a color. But as science goes to show, that’s not quite right. While relatively small quantities of water appear to be colorless, water’s tint becomes bluer and bluer as its thickness increases. Blue water You’ve seen it in [...]

There are a number of daily chores, activities and trifles that require a distinct amount of care and attention when in space that are inversely proportional to the care the same activities require back on Earth. In a recently released video Chris Hadfield, the commander of the Expedition 35 crew now living aboard the International Space Station [...]

The number of stunning space pictures has gone through the roof in past years, but every once in a while we come across some which just leave you breathless – such is the case with the Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula – do you see the horse head? Not to be mistaken with the famous Horsehead [...]

It’s high time we had another giveaway here on ZME Science, and this time, we’re giving away books; a specific book, to be more precise: A North Country Life: Tales of Woodsmen, Waters, and Wildlife by Sydney Lea. All you have to do to join the contest is like our Facebook page (if you haven’t [...]