Hundreds Of Mountaineers Climb The Alps For Epic Photoshoot
Swiss photographer Robert Bösch teamed up with hundreds of mountain climbers braving difficult conditions to get the perfect shot.
For the First Time in Modern History, the Aral Sea’s Eastern Basin has Gone Dry
The Aral sea, as it was in 1989 (left), and how it is now (2014). Image credits: NASA. The Aral...
Bacteria Becomes two Different species inside an Insect
photo credit: Cicada / Juan Emilio Cucumides Carreño Evolution is virtually ubiquitous throughout the entire world - organisms evolve into...
What really causes aging? Study suggests “parasitic DNA fragments”
Most organisms, including humans, have parasitic DNA fragments called 'jumping genes' that insert themselves into DNA molecules, disrupting genetic instructions in...
Strange Spherical Fossils may be Among World’s Earliest Multicellular Animals
Early developmental stages of Megasphaera. Xiao et al. Some bizarre spherical fossils found in China may be remnants of some of...
Virgin Galactic wants to fly you from L.A. to Tokyo in one hour, through space
Image: Spaceport Berlin We've written a lot about Richard Branson's company, Virgin Galactic. After working on the first commercial spaceport and helping...
Chinese plan to reconstruct city with urban farms, soaring towers and massive skyways
Cloud Citizen is an amazing concept for the development of a business center in Shenzen. China has drawn most of its modern...
All adults have face mites, new study shows
Tiny eight legged creatures crawl on all our faces, a new study shows. In other words, if you're an adult...
Nature walks linked to significantly lower depression and stress
Science confirms what many already believed: taking walks in nature lowers your stress and depression rates. You've probably heard it...
Scientists seen as competent, but not trusted by Americans
Americans trust the competency of scientists, but they don't trust scientists themselves. In particular, the general population is weary of...
400,000 People Gather in New York for Climate Change March
(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Some 400,000 people participated in the New York Climate March - which has become the largest climate...
The Hagfish produces a 12 nanometer wide, 15 centimeter long thread it clamps into a single cell
Winegard et al, 2014. When it feels threatened, the hagfish produces a slime which is only 12 nanometers wide, but 15 centimeters long...
For the first time, China surpasses the EU in per capita CO2 emissions
Factories in China. Image via Wiki Commons. Despite significant steps towards a more sustainable future, China is still the world's...
Skeletons found in Leicestershire, holding hands after 700 years
The two skeletons had been holding hands for 700 years. Some relationships last a lifetime - but some last even...
3300 years ago, Egyptian women were using extensions and dyeing their hair
An ancient Egyptian woman who lived 3300 years ago was found to have no less than 70 hair extensions. This...
Featured researchers: this week in science
We talk a lot about science and research, but we don’t spend enough time talking about the people who actually...
#FossilFriday: Man documents how he reconstructs dinosaurs from fossils
Imgur user anthroteus documented, step by step (with pictures, of course) how he reconstructs dinosaurs from fossils. Here's his process, as...
Fantastic Fungi: Mind Blowing Mushroom Diversity Photographed by Steve Axford
Marasmius haematocephalus Panus fasciatus Cup mushroom These truly wonderful photographs were taken by Steve Axford. Let's leave Steve describe himself: I...
Book review: ‘Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies’
An extremely thorough, unbiased and eye opening analysis on complementary and alternative medicine.
12 Amazing Detailed Close-Ups of Animal Eyes
Catfish Photographer Suren Manevlyan is back with a new set of magnificent images of animal eyes. I say 'back' because...
The Perfect Wake-up Call: This Clock Wakes You up with a Tea or Coffee Cup
Ernest Hemingway woke at dawn. Benjamin Franklin sat naked each morning. Beethoven counted sixty coffee beans. Everyone has their own...
Children needlessly prescribed antibiotics at an alarming rate
Image via Medscape. In many cases, doctors prescribe antibiotics to children, but most of the time, those viruses don't even...
Jupiter’s Moon Europa found to have Plate Tectonics
Europa, Jupiter's icy moon is the only body in the Solar System found to have plate tectonics (besides Earth). A...
Scientists develop camouflage device inspired from octopus skin
Image via Yu el al, 2014. A mixed team of scientists and engineers developed a thin, flexible 4-layer material that autonomously...
NASA returns to manned space flight, gives contracts to SpaceX and Boeing
NASA astronauts will once again travel from the Earth to the International Space Station - under groundbreaking contracts announced today....
Greenland’s ice is no longer white – and that’s bad news for climate change
Dark snows, dark tides. Image via Dark Snow. Everyone knows that Greenland isn't exactly green - it's covered in snow,...
Rare Deep Sea Creature Caught on Camera
Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus is a 64-meter research vessel currently operated by dr. Robert Ballard, the discovered of Titanic's shipwreck....
Schizophrenia is not a single disease but multiple genetically distinct disorders
Cloth embroidered by a schizophrenia sufferer. Image via Wiki Commons A new study concluded that schizophrenia isn't a single disease,...
Felix Salazar’s amazing pictures of aquarium corals
Felix Salazar is a very talented photographer currently working in Los Angeles -- doubling as a guitarist and composer. Among...
The App that could fight food waste
According to the EPA, Americans waste some 30-40 percent of all the food they use. Even not considering the poorest...
Skin-penetrating ionic liquids mixed with antibiotics provide better way of killing microbes
Ionic Liquids could become instrumental in treating wound infections or any surfaces affected by biofilms. Image via Wiki Commons. As...
New Technology for Monitoring Glaucoma: Microfluidic Implant And Smart Phone App Monitoring
Image credits: Araci et al. Stanford Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Stephen Quake, and Head of the Ophthalmic Science...
Japanese woman is first recipient of next-generation stem cells
Researchers were able to grow sheets of retinal tissue from induced pluripotent stem cells, and have now implanted them for...
Artificial spleen cleans up blood
Magnetic nanobeads in the 'biospleen' device bind to Escherichia coli (left) and Staphylococcus aureus (right) and remove them from blood....
Wrinkles in ancient rock may be signs of early life
Take a walk along any shore line - the odds are you'll see at least a few rocks with a...
China sees big drop in carbon emissions: “There is no turning back in China’s commitment to a sound eco-system”
This year has been full of encouraging news from China - apparently, they're committed to their war on pollution, and...
Archaeologists find 3.900 year old armor made from bones
Archaeologists are intrigued by the discovery of a complete and well preserved warrior armor made from bones. This highly valuable...
Chinese woman completely lacks a cerebellum
A Chinese woman has shocked doctors when it was revealed that she reached 24 years without having a cerebellum. It is...
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
Image via NASA. It's been a while since we've talked about the Curiosity rover, but that doesn't mean that it...
BP fined $17.6 billion following 2010’s “reckless” oil spill
A federal judge has called major oil company BP (British Petroleum) "reckless", and Transocean and Halliburton "negligent" following the major oil...
Dreadnoughtus schrani, a newly named dinosaur, is the largest to ever walk the face of the Earth
Image credits: Jennifer Hall. A newly found superdinosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani, is the largest known land animal for which mass can be...
The best diet for losing weight is… it doesn’t matter. Study shows any low-carb diet is just as efficient
A new study analyzed the data from nearly 50 trials including about 7,300 individuals. Significant weight loss was reported with every...
Deep Sea ‘mushroom’ is a new branch of life, defying classification in the tree of life
Olesen et al, 2014. A team of scietists from the University of Copenhagen have found a mushroom shaped animal which...
Study concludes there is a 99.999% chance of global warming being caused by humans
A new study concluded that there's about a 1 in 100,000 chance that the global warming in the past 60...
Pro-fracking newspaper ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority
The Advertising Standards Authority banned an ad which promoted fracking in the UK - this ad is really something else....
The food gap is widening more than ever
It's the first period in human history when the rich are thing, and the poor are fat - and this...
Neurons in the human skin found to perform advanced calculations
Image via Umea University. A group of researchers has shown that neurons in the human skin perform advanced calculations. It...
Chimps outplay humans in strategy game
Credits: Thinkstock. For most people, it would seem clear that humans are the smartest creatures on the face of the...
Scientists stumble upon a vaccine which blocks HIV in monkeys – human trials planned
Scientists were surprised when they unexpectedly stumbled upon a relatively simple vaccine which blocks infection with SIV - the monkey...
Stanford scientists split water with device that runs on an ordinary AAA battery
Researchers from Stanford have found a way to split water into oxygen and hydrogen using very little energy; the hydrogen...