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Damming beavers also play a small role in global warming
These cute furry rodents almost went extinct in the 19th century, but conservation efforts have proven successful and right now, the world has a solid beaver population. But a new study conducted...
Deceptive Female Mantises Eat Males Even Without Having Sex
It has been known for quite some time that male praying mantises can get their heads ripped off while copulating with females. But a new study has shown that deceptive females...
Former BAYER Chief Who Promoted Heroin Use Spurned by German Cities
The German cities of Dortmund and Luedenscheid have decided to rename streets named after the former BAYER chief executive Carl Duisberg. Similar initiatives are also underway in Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Krefeld and...
NASA Rover Finds Evidence of Organic Chemistry on Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover has discovered a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical which may indicate that there actually was life on Mars - or still is. The rover detected...
A million mummies, a million stories: Archaeologists find huge cemetery in Egypt
Over the years, many exciting discoveries have been made in Egypt - so many that most people have this idea that there is not much you can find in terms...
Sparks Literally Fly When the Egg Meets Sperm, Spectacular Images Show
They say that when two people fall in love, you can see sparks flying. Well, that may or may not be true, but researchers from the US have shown that...
Norway Builds The World’s First Bike Escalator
If you've ever cycled in a hilly area, then you know what a problem it can be - especially if it's an urban area; also, for older people, or people...
Solar winds penetrate Martian atmosphere, MAVEN finds – atmospheric loss mechanism unfolds
Only weeks after it became operational around Mars' orbit, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has uncovered a new process by which the solar wind can penetrate deep into a...
How You Can Vote for a Scientific Experiment on Mars
A nonprofit foundation called Mars One wants to build a human colony on Mars, and send people there on a one way mission. In order to facilitate the development of...
Microbial life found 2.4 km beneath the ocean floor – it’s the deepest marine drill ever
An expedition that drilled 2,400m beneath the seabed off Japan - the deepest marine drilling ever - found life in cores brought back to the surface. The tiny, single celled organisms...
Pubic hair bacteria could be used to solve rape crimes
Among evidence analyzed during a rape-related crime investigation, one of the best clues that might incriminate a suspect are pubic hair samples. But because these hairs most often than not...
Earth-like planet spotted for the first time with a ground-based telescope
Space-based telescopes have been used to spot planets (even Earth-like planets) for years now, but this is the first time ever that a ground-based telescope has detected an Earth like planet. A...
Storing info in computers frees up memory in the brain, helping us learn new things better
Widespread use of computers is said to make people dumber or more prone to forgetfulness. It's true, while we're less inclined to memorize things such as poems or mathematical formulas,...
Magazines in Waiting Rooms are Old Because People Steal New Ones, Science Shows
You see them at the dentist, at the vet, the hair salon - the old magazines on the table. Fashion magazines, car magazines, travel magazines, whatever... they all have one...
One in five Australian homes use solar energy
Amazingly, 19 percent of all Australian households have solar panels or solar water heaters installed, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistic (ABS). The statistic is even more astonishing when...
A two-minute delay in cutting the umbilical cord provides health benefits to babies
A new study conducted by Spanish researchers and published in the prestigious journal Pediatrics has revealed that late clamping of the umbilical cord leads to increased anti-oxidant capacity of mature newborns, and the...
Mysterious martian gouges carved by hovering dry ice
It's like Christmas before Christmas - the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has started sending back images it took of the red planet, and there's just so many fantastic stuff it feels like...
Worm ‘brain’ controls LEGO robot – what this means for the human brain
One of the most interesting projects in science today are the BRAIN Initiative in the US and the Human Brain Project in Europe, which aim to map all the synapse...
Blasting ink drops with lasers may lead to better computers
Have you ever wondered how an ink drop blasted by a laser looks like? Physicist Hanneke Gelderblom of the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands did! She and her team...
Magnets could help make less foamy beer
There isn't a less dreaded sight in any respectable bar than a beer bottle gushing foam. It's not the bartender's fault though (not necessarily), since different assortments of beer have...
