The Moon will get its own time zone
White House officials have directed NASA to begin work on establishing a standard time for the Moon, according to a report from Reuters this...
Tropical storms could help fight low oxygen levels in oceans
The destructive power of tropical cyclones, known in different regions as hurricanes or typhoons, is well-documented, especially in terms of the havoc they wreak...
Scientists find new fossil dolphin
Researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand have made an exciting discovery in the realm of paleontology, shining a new light on...
Scientists make breakthrough in monsoon rain forecasting with machine learning
Every year, from June to September, a very important event happens that affects more than a billion people in South Asia.
This event is the...
What’s the earliest the moon could have formed
Astronomers are pretty sure they know where the Moon came from. In the early Solar System, a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia smashed into Earth.
This...
How brown rats left ships and took over north American cities
Once upon a time, before the bustling streets and towering skylines of modern North American cities, a quiet invasion was taking place.
It was not...
Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals?
Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct?
It's possible we were just smarter, but there's surprisingly little...
Fans rock the ground at Taylor Swift concert, making earthquakes
At a Taylor Swift concert in Los Angeles last August, the energy was so high that it literally shook the ground.
Scientists have found out...
The story of five Triceratops dinosaur friends from 67 million years ago
In the summer of 2013, a team from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands went on a dinosaur hunt in Wyoming, hoping to...
New study unlocks the lobster farming secrets
In the vast and mysterious world of the sea, lobsters have earned the title of "dragons of the sea" due to their dragon-like appearance,...