99.9% of scientists agree climate crisis is caused by humans
99.9% of scientists globally agree that burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal is the main cause of climate...
Brazilian Biodiversity Information System is bringing Brazil's biological diversity to the internet
As one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth, Brazil is taking steps to consolidate all of the nation’s...
The EPA wants to limit what science can be used to create regulations
Just weeks after this year's March for Science, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt...
UAE unveils plans for massive city simulating human settlement on Mars
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions...
Scientists develop way to efficiently degrade plastics into diesel fuel
Plastic pollution clogs our oceans and landfills. According to the Earth Policy Institute, Americans use about...
New research shows plants respond to touch
Researchers have long speculated about whether plants are capable of interacting with humans and each other. One...
Mars is emerging from a 400,000 year-old ice age
A new study has found that Mars is emerging from an ice age that ended about 400,000 years ago. While scientists...
Plastic-eating worms may offer solution to our growing garbage problem
Every year, 6.4 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean. On land, plastic gathers in landfills, on beaches...
New map shows where large mammals would exist without humans
How would the world look if humans had never spread out across the Earth? For a start, we'd have a lot more forest,...
Futuristic Antarctic Research System is a modular shelter for modern-day nomads
These futuristic mobile pods were designed to provide optimal living and working conditions for researchers exploring...
How We Harvest Horseshoe Crab Blood to Save Human Lives
Do you give much thought to horseshoe crabs? No, me neither. But it turns out that without them, we could be in...
Harvard Researchers Successfully Reverse Aging in Mice
In a new study published in the journal , Harvard researchers claim to have discovered a new compound that can...
Designing and Building with Bacteria Could be the Future of Architecture
The rate at which science has been evolving for the last few decades suggests it won’t be long before we’re...
Austrian Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains in a Lab
After years of using mice to study the inner workings of the brain, Juergen Knoblich of the Institute of Molecular...
South Korean Scientists Develop World's First Bendable Lithium-Ion Battery
South Korean scientists just developed the world's first imprintable and bendable battery - and it could pave the...
