Many have pointed to the recent cold winter temperatures – particularly in the American Northeast and Midwest, as disproving the very imminent threats of global warming. Yet, these symptoms are actually directly related to the problem – as winter storms move further south, and Arctic ice diminishes, allowing cold winds to move freely. These temperatures […]

As much as we know about life on planet Earth, how it actually got here in the first place is still the subject of much investigation. Organic molecules probably first made it to Earth encased in meteorites – but the mystery lies in how conditions on an early Earth that made the developments of life […]

If you think dating is tough, it’s nothing compared to what male spiders have to go through – where getting laid can often mean getting eaten shortly after – a known practice that has given the Black Widow spider a rather fearsome reputation. Male Black Widows will sometimes catch and wrap a large insect in […]

A newly discovered fragment from an ancient jawbone may be the oldest known human fossil found yet. The bone is perhaps from a new species of human, another primate similar to us of the genus Homo, suggesting that the human family of primates may have come into existence over half a million years earlier than […]

It’s a well known fact that our solar system, and particularly our planet, has endured a number of disasters from its very beginning as a chunk of rock some 4.6 billion years ago. An early collision with Mars, aptly named for the god of war, may be among the events responsible for first bringing life […]

The Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko was visited in 2014 by both the European Space Agency’s Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander, making it the top science story of last year. Now, the ESA and NASA are continuing to observe the comet as it makes its orbit throughout the solar system. The Rosetta – a name that […]

A recent trek through the rainforests of Honduras uncovered a strange old secret: an entire city hidden beneath the lush canopy, forgotten and unexplored. The expedition arose from rumors of a White City, Ciudad Blanca, known by ancient legends as the “City of the Monkey God.” A team of archaeologists returned Wednesday from a site […]

Only a few years ago, reports about climate change driving people to commit crimes were the stuff of scorn – ridiculed by Tea Partiers like Herman Cain and the general public alike, even among those who would readily admit that people were the primary cause behind climate change and already anticipated the disastrous impact it […]

Perhaps the most mind-bending thing about the universe is how you can see back in time, merely by staring far enough into the night sky, as the light from the stars take eons to reach us. Peering in far enough, you can see the remnants of the days when our universe began. Investigating the first […]

Looking back at the stars, with the realization that we are looking at entire worlds distant from our own like so many grains of sand, we can’t help but imagine what may be staring back. A planned flyby of the moon Titan once again has drummed up interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life, very […]