Science

The Moonhouse, the world’s first art project on the moon, is now set to receive an additional boost in the form of crowdfunding to launch the red house with white corners into space. The project will serve as a symbol for making space accessible to all people. The U.S. aerospace technology company Astrobotic is expected to bring the house to …

A CNN report claiming that a Manhattan-sized asteroid would collide with earth and destroy everything by 2041, has turned out to be a fake. The story, posted by a ‘citizen journalist’ named ‘Marcus575’, has claimed that a newly discovered asteroid has almost 50% chance of colliding with the Earth causing mass extinction. The fake doomsday news went viral on the …

A technology for extracting drinkable water from manure is on its way to commercial application this year, Michigan State University said Thursday. The technology is particularly useful for animal operations in dry regions where water is at a premium, the school said.

Elon Musk unveiled SpaceX’s first manned commercial spacecraft today — and it looks like the future. The Dragon V2 is an upgrade from the first commercial spacecraft to bring cargo to the International Space Station. In addition to manned flight, it has a few big aims.

They can’t breathe fire or fly, but a group of dragons are going to make a new home at the Calgary Zoo. Loka, the oldest Komodo dragon in captivity at 28-years old, has already arrived from the Toronto Zoo.

Astronaut Scott Kelly is gearing up for a one-year stint next spring aboard the International Space Station and his twin brother will be offering more than his usual moral support. Retired astronaut Mark Kelly will be joining in from Earth, where he’ll undergo medical testing before, during and after his brother’s American-record-setting flight as part of an unprecedented study of …

What is it about bacon that makes the beloved breakfast food smell so darn good? It turns out, there is a scientific reason behind the scent of bacon that makes us like it so much. According to the American Chemical Society, the secret is found in the roughly 150 volatile organic compounds that breakdown during the cooking process.

A new study has revealed that land management practices need to be improved in order to prevent unnecessary sediment runoff which is affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GRB), media reported Wednesday. The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) used a variety of new and improved techniques to analyse 10 years of satellite data of the water clarity in the reef …

A world-renowned animal expert is jumping into a heated debate over whether the Vancouver Aquarium should keep whales and dolphins in captivity. Dr. Jane Goodall, one of the world’s leading primate experts, has sent a letter to the Vancouver Park Board calling for the popular attraction to phase out its practice of keeping and breeding cetaceans at the Stanley Park …

Towering waves that rise from cyclones can pummel the frigid waters around Antarctica, potentially wrecking sea ice critical to maintaining global climate. Because researchers predict climate change will bring more and stronger storms in the future, the thrashing swells could help ferry in an ice-free future.

It took every inch of the Large Hadron Collider’s 17-mile length to accelerate particles to energies high enough to discover the Higgs boson. Now, imagine an accelerator that could do the same thing in, say, the length of a football field. Or less. That is the promise of laser-plasma accelerators, which use lasers instead of high-power radio-frequency waves to energize …