News Local and Global in your language
18th of August 2018
Science
Breaking Science News |
-
ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter Spots Small-Scale Dust Storm2018-07-20 13:40:19
A new image from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft shows a local dust storm with a towering cloud fr -
NASA Releases Spectacular New Infrared Images of Titan2018-07-20 10:05:24
The newly-released series of images, made from data obtained by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument on board NASA’s C -
Akainacephalus johnsoni: New Armored Dinosaur Species Discovered2018-07-20 08:04:03
A new species of ankylosaurid dinosaur being named Akainacephalus johnsoni has been discovered by paleontologists Jelle Wiersma and Randall Irmis from -
Mars’ Atmosphere Acts as Single, Interconnected System2018-07-20 07:18:52
A new study using data from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft -
Glucose Improves Memory in Older Adults: Study2018-07-20 03:53:31
A small dose of glucose can improve memory in older adults, motivate them to work harder and puts them in a good mood when performing difficult tasks, -
99-Million-Year-Old Snake Hatchling Found Encased in Burmese Amber2018-07-19 11:55:10
The fossilized remains of an embryonic-to-hatchling snake have been found preserved in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (also known as Burma). The newly- -
Young Star Caught Snacking on Planetary Debris2018-07-19 08:55:33
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the variability of young stars residing in Taurus-Auriga dark clouds, a group of molecular clouds located i -
Study: Nearly 40% of People Have Fictional First Memory2018-07-19 07:03:54
A team of researchers from the University of Bradford, Nottingham Trent University and City, University of London, UK, has conducted a large-scale sur -
ESO’s Very Large Telescope Captures Sharp Images of Neptune2018-07-19 04:54:14
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved the first light with a new adaptive opt -
Astronomers Find Twin of Giant Exoplanet Beta Pictoris b2018-07-18 11:51:13
Astronomers have discovered a giant gaseous planet orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs called 2MASS J02495639-0557352AB (2MASS 0249 for short). The new ex -
Meghalayan: Collapse of Ancient Agricultural Civilizations Defines Holocene’s Youngest Stage2018-07-18 10:08:57
The Meghalayan, the youngest stage of the current Holocene epoch, began at the time when ancient agricultural societies experienced an abrupt and crit -
Marine Biologists Discover New Shark Species: Genie’s Dogfish2018-07-18 08:27:41
A team of marine biologists has discovered a new species of deep-water dogfish shark in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean, and named it af
All DiscoverMagazine.com
-
Nazis And Dead Dogs: Spaceflight Before The Space Race2018-07-24 19:37:13
In October 1957, a basketball-sized metallic sphere began circling Earth, transmitting a beacon from above. For many, the launch of Sputnik 1 heralded -
A Parasite In Cat Poo Could Push People To Take Risks2018-07-24 19:15:43
A mind-altering parasite that can make rats suicidally attracted to cat pee may also make people more likely to start a new business, according to new -
Meet Lingwulong, The "Amazing Dragon"2018-07-24 11:00:25
Lingwulong shenqi, a newly described, 174-million-year-old dinosaur, is more than just another giant herbivore to add to the fossil record. Its a -
Scientists Claim They Found Bigfoot (The Brachiosaur, Anyway)2018-07-24 07:00:20
I don't know about you, but nothing wakes me up in the morning quite like an announcement from a peer-reviewed journal declaring that paleontologists -
How Does The Human Body Burn Fat?2018-07-23 18:24:25
A version of this article originally appeared on The Conversation. Many of us may be considering “burning some fat” so we feel better in -
A heat wave bringing critical and extreme fire weather is arriving as California and Oregon wildfires continue to rage2018-07-23 18:22:05
You may have heard about California's Ferguson Fire, which has killed one firefighter and is threatening to spread into Yosemite National Park. -
NASA's Interplanetary Internet, Coming Soon To A Planet Near You2018-07-23 17:41:36
NASA is about to make it a little easier to check your Instagram in zero gravity. Two teams, Science Mission Directorate and Human Exploration and Ope -
Life on the Moon? Maybe Long Ago2018-07-23 17:17:45
Today, the moon is about as inhospitable to life as it gets. The little water that’s there is trapped in ice or rock. It’s otherwise dry a -
Andromeda May Have Eaten the Milky Way's Long-lost Sibling2018-07-23 16:59:58
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the largest member of the Milky Way’s gang of galactic neighbors, known as the Local Group. With around a trillion -
Green Sea Turtles Are Eating Themselves Into the Grave2018-07-23 16:52:21
Sea turtles may be eating themselves to death. In this case, though, the phrase likely doesn’t mean what you think it does. Green sea turtles i -
Increasing CO2 Levels Mess With Fishes’ Sense of Smell2018-07-23 16:45:40
By the end of the century, rising CO2 levels will cut fishes’ sense of smell by nearly half, new research finds. And the impaired olfaction will -
Rising Temperatures Could Mean More Suicides2018-07-23 15:57:29
As the climate warms, seas will rise, storms will proliferate and cities will bake. But, in addition to the marquee issues global warming causes,
NYT > Science
-
Global Health: For the First Time, a Female Ebola Survivor Infects Others2018-07-23 19:00:13
A Liberian woman recovered after tending to her dying brother, but infected her family a year later. Being pregnant may have reignited the virus in he -
Robert Blizzard, Who Gave Children Hormones to Grow, Dies at 942018-07-23 18:22:38
A pediatric pioneer, he liked to say he had added 11 miles to the height of the U.S. population. But growth hormones were later banned and replaced. -
Burton Richter, a Nobel Winner for Plumbing Matter, Dies at 872018-07-23 18:13:17
He shared the 1976 physics prize for the discovery of an unexpected particle, a building block of the universe, in a high-speed accelerator he had des -
Matter: Many Genes Play a Role in Educational Attainment, Enormous Genetic Study Finds2018-07-23 17:38:33
More than a thousand variations in DNA were involved in how long people stayed in school, but the effect of each gene was weak, and the data did not p -
Trilobites: Who Was the Real Lorax? Seeking the Inspiration for Dr. Seuss2018-07-23 16:23:18
A new essay explores the possible real-life examples for the Lorax character and Truffula trees. -
Chemicals in Food May Harm Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says2018-07-23 16:15:51
Eat more fruits and vegetables, don’t put plastic containers in the microwave or dishwasher and check recycling codes to reduce exposure to chem -
Nonfiction: A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk2018-07-23 15:00:04
Mark Kurlansky’s latest history, “Milk!,” ranges wide, from breast-feeding to crème vichyssoise glacée. -
For Scientists Racing to Cure Alzheimer’s, the Math Is Getting Ugly2018-07-23 13:22:40
To find 25,000 participants to enroll in all the approved trials, researchers would have to begin by approaching more than 37 million people with earl -
Basics: In Mozambique, a Living Laboratory for Nature’s Renewal2018-07-23 11:47:17
At Gorongosa National Park, scarred by civil war, scientists are answering fundamental questions about ecology and evolution, and how wildlife recover -
The New Health Care: What if a Study Showed Opioids Weren’t Usually Needed?2018-07-23 10:31:02
‘Pragmatic trials’ differ from most research studies by focusing on effects in the real world. -
Q&A: The Flush Is Just the Beginning2018-07-23 07:00:03
What happens after they clean out your septic tank? Well, it’s complicated. -
Children’s Books: Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books2018-07-23 05:00:07
Dancing bees, ruthless hawks, sensitive whales and an eternal forest in picture books by Evan Turk, Isabelle Arsenault, Brian Floca and more.
Science | Popular Science
-
Termites are nature’s most amazing skyscraper engineers2018-07-20 09:00:00
Animals Their towers even have central air. Some termites build towers that put our biggest feats of engineering to shame, with intern -
Geologists think there could be a quadrillion tons of diamonds inside our planet2018-07-19 18:00:00
Science But we’ll never get them out of the ground. In a new paper published this week, an international team of researchers est -
Why this algebra teacher has her students knit in class2018-07-19 15:30:00
Science Knitting isn’t just for passing time. I decided to offer a class called “The Mathematics of Knitting” at my -
The weirdest things we learned this week: artistic farts, meat lozenges, and Tesla's beloved pigeon2018-07-18 15:30:00
Science Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is -
Your first memory probably isn't yours, no matter how real it seems2018-07-18 08:00:00
Science Around 40 percent of us may have a fictional recollection as our “first” memory. Most memory researchers argue tha -
Human cancers aren't contagious, but dogs and other animals aren't so lucky2018-07-17 14:30:00
Science Don’t worry, these diseases can’t spread to people. Dogs can get one of the more bizarre cancers in the world. The -
Burnt bread shows that our ancestors were baking 4,000 years before agriculture2018-07-16 15:30:00
Science Charred flatbread found in a fireplace dates back to 14,400 years ago. A fire was burning in the circular stone fireplace when -
Meet the folks designing the future of mouse mazes2018-07-16 08:00:00
Science What makes a maze, anyway? This startup makes bespoke mazes for research that uses mice and other animals. -
Can we really ever know if animals are happy?2018-07-13 18:00:00
Animals Tail wags, rat giggles, and horse snorts. We assume animals are happy, sad, scared or upset based on their behavior. But how d -
Turning water into oxygen in zero gravity could mean easier trips to Mars2018-07-13 15:30:00
Space A real breath of fresh air. One of the main challenges with long-distance space flight is transporting enough oxygen for astrona -
Lego blocks could be the key to detecting nerve gases in the field2018-06-27 18:00:00
Science The worst toys to step on may yet be redeemed. Lego blocks destroy the feet of parents around the world, but as a new study de -
The weirdest things we learned this week: scientists doing sex magick, ancient mac and cheese, and contagious writer's block2018-06-27 14:30:00
Science Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is
Latest Headlines | Science
-
50 years ago, scientists took baby steps toward selecting sex2018-07-20 13:49:47
In 1968, scientists figured out how to determine the sex of rabbit embryos. -
You’re living in a new geologic age. It’s called the Meghalayan2018-07-20 07:00:04
The newly defined Meghalayan Age began at the same time as a global, climate-driven event that led to human upheavals. -
Shallow reef species may not find refuge in deeper water habitats2018-07-19 15:21:25
Coral reefs in deep-water ecosystems may not make good homes for species from damaged shallow reefs. -
A new ankylosaur found in Utah had a surprisingly bumpy head2018-07-19 12:30:04
The spiky, fossilized skull of a newly discovered dinosaur species may be a road map to its ancestors’ journey to North America. -
This colorful web is the most complete look yet at a fruit fly’s brain cells2018-07-19 11:44:58
Scientists compiled 21 million images to craft the highest-resolution view yet of the fruit fly brain. -
One particle’s trek suggests that ‘spacetime foam’ doesn’t slow neutrinos2018-07-19 07:00:04
Neutrinos and light travel at essentially the same speed, as predicted. -
How a variation on Botox could be used to treat pain2018-07-18 15:52:41
Drugs that incorporate modified botulinum toxin provide long-term pain relief, a study in mice finds. -
New ‘Poké Ball’ robot catches deep-sea critters without harming them2018-07-18 14:00:05
A machine that gently catches and releases animals underwater could help researchers take a more detailed census of the deep sea. -
This amber nugget from Myanmar holds the first known baby snake fossil2018-07-18 14:00:05
Amber preserves the delicate bone structure of a 99 million year old baby snake. -
Move over, Hubble. This sharp pic of Neptune was taken from Earth2018-07-18 06:00:04
A new strategy at the Very Large Telescope lets astronomers take space telescope–quality pictures from the ground. -
An ancient swimming revolution in the oceans may have never happened2018-07-17 19:05:01
Swimmers may not have suddenly dominated the oceans during the Devonian Period after all: New analyses suggest they took over much more gradually. -
Jupiter has 12 more moons than we knew about — and one is bizarre2018-07-17 10:00:04
Astronomers found a dozen previously unknown moons of Jupiter, and one may be a remnant of a larger moon that was all but ground to dust.
Latest Science News --
-
Blood test can predict optimal treatment for advanced prostate cancer, study finds2018-07-24 17:43:32
Scientists have demonstrated that a blood test can predict how patients with advanced prostate cancer will respond to specific treatments, leading to -
Widespread connections among neurons help the brain distinguish smells2018-07-24 17:43:29
Organization -- or lack of it -- in brain's piriform cortex allows us to differentiate one smell from another. -
Omega-3s help keep kids out of trouble2018-07-24 17:43:22
Something as simple as a dietary supplement could reduce disruptive, even abusive behavior, according to newly released research. -
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think2018-07-24 17:43:17
Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month. Intractable hiccups can occur more often than we real -
How the Little Ice Age affected South American climate2018-07-24 17:43:09
For the first time, scientists reconstruct the rainfall distribution in Brazil during the climate changes that marked the Middle Ages using isotopic r -
'Mutational burden' of human induced pluripotent stem cells2018-07-24 17:43:07
In a new study researchers have scrutinized the whole genome sequences of 18 induced pluripotent stem cell lines derived from skin cells that they had -
Unless we spot changes, most life experiences are fabricated from memories2018-07-24 17:42:58
We may not be able to change recent events in our lives, but how well we remember them plays a key role in how our brains model what's happening in t -
Young galaxy's halo offers clues to its growth and evolution2018-07-24 17:42:56
A team of astronomers has tested a new way of studying the properties of the gaseous halo surrounding a galaxy using W. M. Keck Observatory's new ins -
Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus -- here's how they may use it2018-07-24 17:42:28
Some 18 million years ago, an ancestor of mouse-eared bats 'stole' genetic material from an ancient virus related to Ebola. The swiped genetic seque -
Alzheimer's disease risk impacted by the liver, diet2018-07-24 17:42:25
Reduced levels of plasmalogens are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's Disease, according to new research. -
Chance of being prescribed opioids for minor injury differs dramatically by where you live2018-07-24 17:42:23
Patients who sought care for a sprained ankle in states that were found to be 'high prescribers' of opioids were approximately three times more like -
Scientists warn that proposed US-Mexico border wall threatens biodiversity, conservation2018-07-24 12:09:01
Scientists highlight ecological harm that could result from the construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Science - The Huffington
-
Psychologists Are Trying To Figure Out Why We Don’t Go To Sleep (Even When We Want To)2018-07-19 10:30:14
Self-control and your body clock both have their place in bedtime procrastination. -
More Dangerous Outbreaks Are Happening. Why Aren't We Worried About The Next Epidemic?2018-07-18 17:23:37
Ebola. MERS. Zika. Nipah virus. Lassa fever. Rift Valley fever. All were in active outbreaks in June. -
What Watching Sports On TV Can Show Us About Climate Change2018-07-18 09:47:26
Decades of footage showed that climate change had altered the trees, shrubs and other plants along the course. -
The Longest Full 'Blood Moon' Of The Century Is Happening This Month2018-07-17 16:54:56
Blood moons have inspired both awe and fear throughout the centuries. -
Astronomers Serendipitously Discover 12 Moons Around Jupiter2018-07-17 15:42:00
Astronomers were looking for Planet X when they discovered the 12 moons. -
Here's Why Seashells Sound Like The Ocean2018-07-13 15:16:50
We break down the myths. -
7 Things You Learned As A Kid That Are Pretty Much Bogus2018-07-12 17:19:02
No, that gum you swallowed won't stay in your system for seven years. -
NASA Spacecraft Picked Up Weird Plasma 'Sounds' As It Plunged Into Saturn2018-07-11 04:33:55
Space music at its absolute trippiest. -
'Ant-Man' Creators Hint Quantum Realm Could Be 'Avengers: Infinity War' Reset Button2018-07-09 14:43:54
"Ant-Man and the Wasp" director Peyton Reed and science consultant Dr. Spiros Michalakis tease more coming from the Quantum Realm. -
Spiders Use Electricity To Fly For Miles Without Wings2018-07-07 14:25:52
Arachnophobes, just don't read this. -
Your Favorite Disney Princesses Reimagined As Scientists2018-07-06 14:52:35
These princesses don’t need saving. -
If The Loch Ness Monster Is Ever Found, Scotland Has A Plan For What To Do2018-07-06 14:27:55
Don't worry: Nessie won't be killed!
