ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

A 5,700 Year Old Chewing Gum Helped Scientists Reconstruct Entire Genome of a Woman

NANOTECHNOLOGY 12.20.2019 07:50 AM

Because of a chewing gum that was used 5,700 years ago, scientists were able to identify the entire genome of an ancient woman.

Heartwarming Shows About Animals That You Can Binge-Watch This Holiday Season from BBC

12.20.2019 07:23 AM

Feast your eyes (and your mind) on these wildlife shows offered by BBC this holiday season. Here are the schedules for each day.

Are Spider Bites Really Dangerous Or Is It Time We Change Our View of the Poor Arachnid?

12.20.2019 06:50 AM

Identifying these spiders is easy and knowing them could save a person from suffering the fate of being bitten.

New Studies Describe How We Can Battle Climate Change and Its Effects

12.19.2019 09:45 AM

Two new initiatives are calling for sustainable ways to battle climate change Climate change can no longer be denied. News of its effects are scattered left, and right and calls from scientists and environmental activists to hold big companies accountable for their contribution to carbon dioxide emissions are getting louder.

Abandoned Fishing Net Kills Hundreds of Sharks

12.19.2019 05:15 AM

Along with plastic straws and other trash in the ocean, abandoned fishnets are rampant. However, unlike plastic straws, fishnets are specifically designed to capture and kill.

Migration Pattern of Birds Are Getting Disrupted By Climate Change on a Continental Scale

12.18.2019 08:42 AM

The study, which is published in Nature, is a first of its kind: it is one of the first observations on the impacts of climate change in bird migration timing on a continental scale.

A Group of Scientists Suggest that Plants Feel Pain

12.18.2019 08:10 AM

According to researchers from Tel Aviv University, plants can feel pain and they send out ultrasonic sounds when they experience environmental stress

SpaceX 2020 Mission: Send Coffee to ISS

12.18.2019 06:36 AM

Experiments like this create a path to understanding how plants will adapt to extreme environments like the zero-gravity setting of the International Space Station and enable agribusinesses like Front Range Biosciences to breed crops that can withstand harsh environments and can adapt to climate change.

Scientists and Climate Activists Frustrated at the Lack of Concrete Actions From the Recently Concluded COP25

12.17.2019 10:35 AM

However, on the bright side, there are still countries that are actively fighting for this cause and mostly they are the developing countries and island nations.

Invasive Spotted-Wing Drosophila May Now Be Controlled with Newly Discovered Biological Control Agent

12.17.2019 10:34 AM

Entomologists from the Oregon State University observed a parasitic wasp that was able to show great potential in attacking and controlling the spotted-wing drosophila.

How Did Primates Develop a Way of Pronouncing Vowels? A New Study Opens A Window in Undestanding Human Speech

12.16.2019 08:27 AM

"The configuration of the vocal tract-the resonating tube of the throat and mouth, from the vocal folds to the lips -- determines the sound," Louis-Jean Boe explains. "That, in turn, means that the sound carries information about the vocal tract configuration that made it. This relationship is the core understanding of speech science."

Heatwave in NSW, Australia Caused By Bushfire Destroys Many Homes

12.16.2019 08:04 AM

In Mount Wilson, a house was burned down along with several sheds and at Mount Tomah, buildings were destroyed.

Greta Thunberg Hailed as TIME's 2019 Person of the Year, Announces Another Strike for Climate Change

12.13.2019 05:47 AM

TIME magazine has been choosing its people of the year since 1927 and their primary criteria for choosing the Person of the Year is that the particular person, group, object, or idea has done the most to influence the events of the year for better or for worse.

The Great Oxidation Event Explained: Scientists Developed a Model to Describe How the Tectonic Plates Affected the History of the Atmosphere

12.12.2019 09:47 AM

Scientists behind the study used detail modeling and discovered that an increase in tectonic activity produced new volcanoes prior to the Great Oxidation Event which pumped big amounts of carbon dioxide in the air which led to the warming of the climate, increased rainfall, and leading to more minerals washed into the ocean.

New Species of Spider Found in Mexico Able to Rot Human Flesh

12.12.2019 09:36 AM

The arachnid, like all species in the genus Loxosceles, is venomous. However, L.tenochtitlan is different because its venom is capable of rotting human flesh.

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