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An injured sea turtle whose two left flippers had to be amputated is swimming again with the help of a new prosthetic fin designed like a fighter jet’s wings. Called “Hofesh” after the Hebrew word for “freedom,” the turtle has two stumps after he was found badly injured. In 2009, the green sea turtle was brought in by a fishing ... Read More »

A new report shows that glaciers near Alaska are shrinking rapidly, and climate change is causing this substantial melt. The loss of the tens of thousands of glaciers in Alaska and neighbouring British Columbia, Canada alone is deeply worrying, according to scientists. Not only is this glacial melt accelerating, but it may spell a host of problems for humans, including ... Read More »

A team of scientists from the Imperial College of London has discovered a technique to turn light into matter, bringing closer to reality a task that was set on paper 80 years ago. According to the original theory, devised by Gregory Breit and John Archibald Wheeler in 1934, it is theoretically possible to turn light into matter by smashing two ... Read More »

A flaming object has reportedly fallen from the sky and hit the ground “like a bomb”, according to residents in Queensland, Australia. What seemed to be a massive ball with a blue and orange tail appeared in the sky and then plunged towards the ground. No debris was found where the object crashed. Read More »

Ever wondered why octopuses don’t tie themselves in knots? A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem believes they have discovered how they achieve it: a chemical produced by octopus skin temporarily stops the suckers from doing their job. Read More »

Paleontologists say the discovered the fossilized bones of the biggest dinosaur that ever lived, the BBC reported. The bones were first found by a local farmer in a desert near La Flecha, 135 miles west of the city of Trelew in the Patagonia region of Argentina. A team of paleontologists from the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio went on to ... Read More »

Photos of a mysterious deepwater fish are going viral on social media after the strange looking fish washed up along the North Carolina coast on Monday. Read More »

Jupiter’s signature “Great Red Spot” is the strongest storm in the universe and it is shrinking, but scientists cannot determine the cause. According to Space.com, the rate of its shrinking has sped up as it gets smaller and is now contracting at a rate of 580 miles per year. Scientists said it could have fit three Earths in it when ... Read More »

A replacement Global Positioning System spacecraft for the world’s best-known satellite constellation ascended into orbit Friday night aboard a Delta 4 rocket in a spectacular sendoff at sunset. Igniting its main engine and twin solid rockets at 8:03 p.m. EDT, the 205-foot-tall vehicle lifted off on 1.2 million pounds of chest-thumping thrust. The launch has been delayed a day by ... Read More »

One of the clearest photos yet from Nasa’s Mars Curiosity rover shows what lies beneath the surface of the red planet. The rover drilled through the surface before firing a laser at a series of points inside the hole to analyse the material. In a photograph released by Nasa – create using eight separate images – piles of dust can ... Read More »

Researchers said Thursday that they have identified a nearly complete skeleton in an underwater Mexican cave, a discovery that could help resolve a longstanding debate about the origins of the first people to inhabit the Americas. Read More »

An Oklahoma fisherman made headlines when he caught an enormous, 100-pound alligator snapping turtle last Sunday. The prehistoric-looking, alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle by weight in the world, Grind TV reported. Read More »