Saturday, June 21, 2014

Emperor penguins appear to adapt to changing climate, study finds - TheCelebrityCafe.com

A study has found that emperor penguins appear to be figuring out ways to adapt to the changing climate. Researchers at the University of ...

Emperor Penguins may change breeding location to cope with climate change - Delhi Daily News

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have discovered that emperor penguins are acting in such a manner which might assist them in ad...

Growth In Population Remarks The Big Comeback Of Great White Sharks In US ... - The Utah People's Post

Fears that great white sharks are at risk of extinction around the US west coast appear to be wide of the mark, researchers have said. ...

Friday, June 20, 2014

NASA catches super big black hole passing some gas - Tech Times

A black hole at the center of a distant galaxy displays "unusual" behavior of gas escaping its pull, researchers say. Findings y...

Number of great white sharks surging along East Coast - Boston Globe

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers ...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Astronauts Send World Cup Best Wishes From Space Station - NDTV

Photo Courtesy: Associated Press Astronauts Steve Swanson, left, Reid Wiseman, right, and German astronaut Alexander Gerst, cent...

Astronaut Tweets Sunny View of World Cup Host Sao Paulo - NBCNews.com

Astronaut Reid Wiseman tweeted a photo showing clear skies over Sao Paulo, one of the 2014 World Cup host cities, on Thursday. The photo was...

Astronauts Kick Off World Cup With Their Own Soccer Game - ABC News

Astronauts Steve Swanson, left, Reid Wiseman, right, and German astronaut Alexander Gerst, center, kick around a soccer ball som...

Soccer is a bazillion times better without gravity - CNET

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Steve Swanson, and Alexander Gerst are stuck aboard the International Space Station...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

The Moon Is Slightly Less Young Than We Maybe Thought It Was - The Wire

The moon might be about 60 million years older than we thought, according to new research, which hones in on slightly less new research su...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

New Solar Telescope reveals secrets of solar surges - Daily Digest

Astronomers love studying the Sun. It is, after all, the very reason for our existence. Thanks to the ultra high-def New Solar Telescope and...

900 lb ancient croc tore through turtles, battled monster snakes - Fox News

An animation from a Smithsonian Channel documentary shows a dyrosaur being constricted by the "monster snake" Titanoboa....

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Planet-hunting Kepler telescope back in action - Spaceflight Now

Planet-hunting Kepler telescope back in action BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: June 3, 2014 NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space ...

NASA discovery of Kepler-10c steps up claims for alien life - CNET

An artist concept shows Kepler-10c in the foreground, a planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is more than twice ...

Exoplanets: Too hot, too windy, and too big to exist - Ars Technica

The massive "mega-Earth," Kepler-10c, shown orbiting outside of Kepler-10b, a massive lava world that completes an orbit in less t...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Scientists capture DEATH STAR in VIOLENT EXPLOSION - Register

Astroboffins have confirmed for the first time that Wolf-Rayet supermassive stars can die in a violent explosion known as a Type IIb superno...

Boffins capture DEATH STAR in real-time VIOLENT EXPLOSION - Register

Astroboffins have confirmed for the first time that Wolf-Rayet supermassive stars can die in a violent explosion known as a Type IIb superno...

New Supernova Study Reveals Mystery About The Death Of Massive, Super ... - International Business Times

There are massive and extremely bright stars in the universe that were long suspected by astronomers to die spectacular, explosive deaths,...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Mysterious stars linked to supernova death - The Space Reporter

Despite being over 20 times the mass of the Sun and at least five times hotter, Wolf-Rayet stars are poorly understood. They are rare and of...

Termite's genetic code linked to insects' complex social structures - Delhi Daily News

In a first, scientists have succeeded in sequencing the genome of the termites and it has helped them know how these pests create their rigi...

Scientists Decode Termite Genome, Which Might Lead To Less Toxic Pest Control - Design & Trend

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE LATEST NEWS FROM Design&Trend Termites cause an estimated $40 billion in damage to houses and businesses ev...

Termite Genome Sequenced for First Time, How Their Caste System Stacks ... - University Herald

May 21, 2014 10:17 AM EDT By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter (r.westerholm@universityherald.com) ...

Termite genome sequenced: Same sex, caste system as ants - Northern Voices Online

Termite genome has been sequenced. They share almost similar same looking sex and caste system as ants This is a great achievement for scien...

'Caste-System' of Termites revealed - The Utah People's Post

The genome of termite has recently been sequenced and clues are being revealed as to how a rigid social order is being created by pest...

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

'Climategate' had only fleeting effect on global warming scepticism - The Guardian

The large...

Record warm April ... and most Antarctic ice - USA TODAY

A penguin sits on a block of ice in front of Brazil's Comandante Ferraz base, in Antarctica, on March 10, 2014. (Photo: VANDERLEI AL...

Fire and ice: Melting Antarctic poses risk of volcanic activity, study shows - Sydney Morning Herald

Measuring the Earth's uplift in the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo: UTAS New research on the effects of ice sheet melt in the Antarctic ...

Heightened Antarctic ice loss may prompt volcanic activity: Study - Delhi Daily News

There is added reason to be worried about the melting Antarctic ice sheets as climate change is bringing about the deformation in the Earth...

Antarctica loses 159 gigatonnes ice each year, show Satellite images - Indian Express

Antarctica is now losing ice twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed. (AP Photo) Summary Antarctica is now losing about...

Monday, May 19, 2014

UK discovery 'starts race' to turn light into matter - BBC News

By Jonathan Webb Science reporter, BBC News It would replicate a process that also occurs i...