Melt rises up 25 times faster than previously believed
Scientists have for the first time determined the actual permeability of the asthenosphere in Earth's upper mantle, which is basically...
Captain obvious presents his 5 favorite studies from 2009
It's been a busy year indeed, especially with the LHC doing it's thing again, Hubble was repaired and there was...
4 hottest volcano events of 2009
Boy 2009 passed quite quickly, but it didn't go without a blast, that's for sure ! I'm gonna show you...
It’s a brand new year !
Hello people! If you're reading this then New Year's hangover is no more and you're up and ready to start...
The fight for survival – a single bear vs a colony
As we enjoy our peace and quiet (or at least we should be), we shouldn't forget that how the society...
ZME wishes you a white Merry Christmas !!!
Another year is drawing towards its end; the snow has (hopefully) settled in, everything is peaceful and quiet except for...
The ‘No Small Matter giveaway’ concludes
Well ladies and gents, it's Christmas Eve, and it's high time we conclude the giveaway. So without further ado, the...
Mammals, half way extinct??
The previous 5 mass extinctions wiped out more than three quarters of the world's animals, and if things continue to...
Water and fog found on Titan, Saturn’s moon
As I was writing in a previous post, Titan is quite unique, in that aside from our planet it's the...
Bacteria wouldn’t go for a swine flu shot
Just like many categories of people, I've recently been (insistently) offered a free flu shot. I said no. Without going...
LHC produces first results
Since the Large Hadron Collider went back in business, all sort of rumors have been circling the scientific circles (and...
Koalas in peril of extinction, due to habitat loss and an AIDS-like virus
The koala population has been going down for quite some while now, mostly due to habitat loss and the lack...
Taking a look at the ‘little ice age’ of 1810
Global warming is one of the main concerns on everybody's lips, causing more and more damage to the environment every year,...
Blue whales singing lower every year, baffled scientists say
Blue whales are not only the biggest living creatures in the world right now, but the biggest ever to have...
Dark matter discovered, or at least rumor has it
Well, rumors and science never go well together, especially when it goes to something as important as the work going...
Strange sky spiral freaks out Norway
It was Thursday night when locals from Norway started to notice a strange, rotating light that just baffled them. It...
The swine flu paaanic [pics, slightly NSFW]
Swine flu has been officially declared a pandemic, and although it's not one of the deadliest by any standards, it...
The ‘No small matter’ giveaway
Hello! I've been running ZME Science for more than 2 years now, and the support you've shown has been increasingly...
“No small matter: Science on the nanoscale” review
Nanotechnology is perhaps the field with the most spectacular development over the past years, but it can be really hard...
Facebook profile shows your true personality
Facebook has already caused a major revolution in the way people regard social interaction, but really not much has been...