Science

Living in a strange environment is just a typical day for Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

Seven threatened species of shark and ray gain greater protection this Sunday with the introduction of regulations to prevent illegal and unsustainable fishing practices driven by international trade.

After a seven-year-long investigation, scientists at the National Audubon Society issued a grim report Monday finding that more than half of the 650 or so bird species in North America may be threatened by global warming. Many species, including the bald eagle and piping plover, are likely to become extinct if rising global temperatures are not abated.

Electrons, like almost everything in life, are lazy. It has long been known that when traveling through conductive material, electrons always take the easiest route – that is, the path of least resistance. However, just like with people, the right kind of encouragement can make electrons take the harder road. Now, experts from MIT have discerned that graphene might be …

The central mystery of quantum mechanics is that small chunks of matter sometimes seem to behave like particles, sometimes like waves. For most of the past century, the prevailing explanation of this conundrum has been what’s called the “Copenhagen interpretation” — which holds that, in some sense, a single particle really is a wave, smeared out across the universe, that …

There’s a greater chance than usual of seeing the northern lights tonight – the Aurora Borealis. This is due to two large explosions on the Sun (solar flares) earlier in the week.

A terrifying cross between Tyrannosaurus rex, a crocodile, and a whale was the largest predator ever to walk the Earth — or swim in its rivers. Spinosaurus is the first dinosaur known to have been adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. Weighing 20 tonnes and measuring 15m long, it was 2.7m longer than the largest T. rex specimen known.

Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have opened a new door into the quantum world by ‘talking and listening’ to an atom.

Two big explosions on the surface of the sun will cause a moderate to strong geomagnetic storm on Earth in the coming days, possibly disrupting radio and satellite communications, scientists said on Thursday.

Mammals may have appeared on our planet far earlier than thought. Paleontologists have uncovered three new small squirrel-like species that lived about 208 million years ago during the late Triassic.

Numerous studies have linked social interaction to improved health and survival in humans, and new research confirms that the same is true for baboons. Scientists from Duke University studied more than 200 yellow baboon females from the plains of southern Kenya and found that those who were the most sociable – meaning they took part in social grooming more so than …