Scientists taste 170 year old shipwrecked beer
Scientists in Finland have been keeping themselves busy testing two different beers... for science, of course. These are not just...
Dr. Andrei Mihai is a geophysicist and founder of ZME Science. He has a Ph.D. in geophysics and archaeology and has completed courses from prestigious universities (with programs ranging from climate and astronomy to chemistry and geology). He is passionate about making research more accessible to everyone and communicating news and features to a broad audience.
Scientists in Finland have been keeping themselves busy testing two different beers... for science, of course. These are not just...
Scientists have found tantalizing evidence regarding Mars' wet past - according to new research, the Red Planet may have once...
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It's not every day that species get such awesome names - but then again, it's not every day that such...
A private company in Hong Kong known as the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Company (HKND) has been given...
Using both modern and historic measurements, researchers now have a more extensive view of how the Arctic sea ice has...
How the tables have turned! While documenting the experiments conducted on campus, Benjamin Savard, a digital media producer at Middlebury College,...
An expedition in the Honduras has emerged from the jungle with a spectacular announcement: they have discovered the remains of...
Anthony Gibbons, a designer which specializes on sustainable materials and biomimicry developed some rad looking tree houses which seem to...
One of the world's most iconic and well known monuments - the Eiffel Tower - just got even better: the...
Sick, got the flu? Well, maybe what you think is the flu really isn't the flu... a new study has...
When she was pregnant, former Chinese news anchor Chai Jing got some tragic news - her unborn daughter was diagnosed...
A new study suggests that two very common emulsifiers - chemicals that stabilize foods and stop products like mayo from...
Scientists undertook the gargantuan task of analyzing the compound chemicals found in the venom of 206 spiders, and they discovered...
If you'd happen to see these two British twins, you'd likely believe they're good friends - or cousins at most....
Many people today are consuming more salt than they actually need - while this may make foods more tasty, it...
In the developed world, obesity is one of the biggest health concerns, so weight loss is one of the hottest...
OK, it's been a while since we did this feature, but it's back now - and it's here to stay....
Most of the time, the so-called civilized world would just rather turn a blind eye towards what is happening in...
You may look more like your mom or more like your dad, but technically, you inherit equal amounts of genetic...
Many people change a lot after their youth... and so to did our Universe. Nowadays, galaxies contain both dust and...
We see light every day, and yet, we don't truly understand it; it's either a particle or a wave, or...
A week ago, we were telling you about Wei-Hock Soon, an aerospace engineer turned climate scientist; mister Soon, known as...
In any given month, the vast majority of physicians treating children in the US (93%) receive at least one request...
According to a new study, ancient hunter-gatherer Britons imported wheat from mainland Europe, showing a surprising level of sophistication for...
Who doesn't love dinosaurs? Well sure, there's these guys, but rational people love dinosaurs, right? Well, Nathan Myhrvold, an inventor...
They like freezing conditions, but the Emperor penguins struggled during the last Ice Age, a new study concluded. In fact,...
We all know how therapeutic and soothing (or on the contrary, motivating) music can be; and we all know that...
Mars - our neighbor, the Red Planet... is not actually red. The first look at what’s under Mars’s dusty red...
The world's first grid-connected wave power station has just been activated off the coast of Australia. Taking energy directly from...
If you've ever wondered what happens inside an egg, then science has you covered - researchers have developed transparent artificial...
Scientists at the University of Sydney in Australia have achieved 5G speeds of 1Tbps, far exceeding existing the speeds of...
After an exhaustive analysis conducted over a year and a half, NASA's Curiosity Rover has finally confirmed the existence of...
Time flies fast when you're trying to figure out the mysteries of the Universe... it seems like 2015 started just...
Building vertical farms is innovative and can have significant advantages, done properly; but building a vertical farm in the middle...
A while ago I wrote that the applications for graphene are endless, and it seems like scientists just want to...
Today, we have more pictures... because I just couldn't limit myself to one. Olivier Grunewald, a well known French photographer...
Bionic hands - artificial limbs controlled through thought power - they're as awesome as they sound, and they're now a...
If you've ever walked with beverages in your hand, you probably know that coffee tens to spill easily, while beer...
The Curiosity Rover, currently on Mars, took another selfie in the "Mojave" area, where it is preparing to have a...
The Sahara Desert and the Amazon area have few things in common - one is a dry, barren wasteland, while...
Imagine for a moment how it would be like to recreate a gladiator fight. I'm not talking about martial arts...
An Australian company called ArchiBlox recently unveiled the first first carbon-positive prefab home - it generates more energy than it consumes, helps...
It's always the cute ones - a team of Norwegian researchers found that the Black Plague, which arrived in Europe...
A new study has concluded that marijuana is much safer than alcohol and tobacco combined. Alcohol is actually the most...
In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics advised parents to keep children as far away from peanuts as possible, in...
A company called nanoFlowcell has revealed a concept sports car which gets its energy from salt water and can run...
Almost 70% of HIV-infected people in the US are either undiagnosed or not receiving care; this population is responsible for...
Mollusks such as oysters, clams and scallops are highly vulnerable to the increasing acidification of the world's oceans. A new...
Rob Gonsalves is one of my favorite contemporary painters. His unique style and perspective are just so simple and yet...