Science

A small patch of Mars is now named after Winnipeg, likely in a nod to the Canadian city’s claim to fame as being (sometimes) as cold as the Red Planet. A team of NASA scientists who are working with the Curiosity rover as it scans the red planet have named a small patch of rock “Winnipeg.” “It’s been looking for …

British scientists announced Friday that they had applied for permission to edit the DNA in human embryos, a controversial step that has provoked intense debate around the world. “The work carried out at the Crick [the Francis Crick Institute] will be for research purposes and will not have a clinical application. However, the knowledge acquired from the research will be …

A commercial fisherman pulled a grass carp, a species of the invasive Asian carp, from Lake Erie near Point Pelee yesterday. The fish was caught just west of Point Pelee. The fish was a 23-pound grass carp.

Denver Zoo officials are mourning the loss of a 21-year-old black rhinoceros after the animal’s health caused the zoo to euthanize him. Mshindi, who had chronic painful foot problems, was euthanized Wednesday after he “lost his quality of life,” according to a post on the zoo’s Facebook page. He was famous for making paintings that were sold to raise money …

This is the amazing scale model of the solar system which has been created in nevada desert . It can be hard to imagine the size of the solar system and how the Earth fits into it. It’s pretty big after all. However a group of friends have tried to make it a bit easier by building the first scale …

A new study shows that 8 trillion plastic Microbeads enter aquatic habitats in the United States each day, threatening wildlife all across the country. This report was published in Environmental Science & Technology and was compiled by researchers from seven different institutions. These microbeads are one part of the microplastic problem in oceans, freshwater lakes and rivers, but are a …

A rare cloud formation shone like a pink jellyfish over Costa Rica earlier this week wowing spectators. Luckily, some people filmed the event and posted it on social media for all of us to see. And even though the strange cloud formation was dazzling on film, we can only image how beautiful and eerie it was in person. Some noted …

A photographer captured the incredible moment a seal was spotted surfing on a humpback whale off the coast of New South Wales. Robyn Malcolm captured the photo while whale-watching near Eden, New South Wales. The whales were having such a feeding frenzy, Malcolm says, she didn’t even realize the seal was in the image until a day later.

The Seattle Aquarium has diagnosed one of its sea otters with asthma. And now trainers are teaching the 1-year-old sea otter how to use an inhaler. Dr. Lesanna Lahner diagnosed the otter, who had an allergy attack after smoke from Eastern Washington wildfires hung over the Seattle area. The staff veterinarian says an allergy attack for an otter is similar …

An incredible video has emerged of giant killer whales chasing a boat in San Diego Bay during sunrise on September 10, 2015. A pair of fishermen stumbled upon the pod of about 30 killer whales about five miles off the coast of Point Loma, in the San Diego Bay area in America. They gave a rare stunning display which was …

Two kayakers miraculously escape death after a massive humpback whale launched itself out of the water and nearly crushed them outside Moss Landing harbor in California, a viral YouTube video shows. Sean Furey was leading a small group of kayakers on a whale watching tour near Moss Landing on Saturday. After several hours on the ocean, they began to make …