Science

Polar bears are one of the most threatened species in the planet. The world’s largest bear is constantly threatened to disappear especially with the melting of the Arctic sea ice. There is a 70 percent chance that the global polar bear population — estimated at 26,000 — will decline by more than 30 percent over the next 35 years, a …

A cargo mission launched today to resupply the International Space Station. Watch it approach the International Space Station this weekend. The vessel, Kounotori 6 (stork, in Japanese), carries batteries and drinking water for ISS astronauts. More interesting, perhaps, is the fact that it also carries an experimental space junk collector. With the help of Japanese fishing-net manufacturer Nitto Seimo, scientists …

The blue clouds or also known as noctilucent clouds are seen hovering over the Antarctic earlier than usual. This “night-shining” clouds appear yearly over the frozen continent in late November or early December. According to a press release by the agency, “Data from NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft shows the sky over Antarctica is glowing …

Researchers have discovered genetic evidence of smallpox from the remains of a 17th century mummy found in a crypt beneath a Lithuanian church. The early DNA provides a timeline of the highly infectious disease that was finally eradicated in the 20th century. “There have been signs that Egyptian mummies that are 3,000 to 4,000 years old have pockmarked scarring that …

Scientists are calling it a once in a lifetime discovery. A tiny piece of dinosaur tail trapped in a piece of amber was discovered by people in Myanmar. It was reportedly discovered in 2015 by Chinese researcher Lida Xing who noticed it being sold at a market as a decorative item.

Days on Earth are getting longer, a team of experts at Durham University and the UK’s Nautical Almanac Office has concluded, as they predict in the future there will be 25 hours in a day. Researchers looked at historical records of eclipses and other celestial events from 720BC on. “It’s a very slow process,” retired astronomer and study lead co-author …

Researchers using the latest technology have shed new light into the one of Canada’s most enduring mysteries, the fate of the crew on the doomed 19th century Franklin Expedition. Led by TrichAnalytics Inc. CEO and founder Jennie Christensen, the study suggests that severe zinc deficiency from malnutrition played a greater role than lead poisoning in the tragic demise of the …

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have added four new elements to the Periodic Table. Following a 5-month public review , the names of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 were announced on November 28. Following a 5-month period of public review, the names earlier proposed by the discoverers have been approved by the IUPAC Bureau. The …

The image of the Earth from space is so seared into human consciousness that it is hard to conceive what it was like to live without the picture of our planet as a blue sphere that we all now carry in our minds. Google Earth’s updated Timelapse feature has provided a glimpse of what’s been going on from above since …

A meteor exploded in the sky over Khakassia in southern Siberia, early Tuesday morning, briefly turning the dark morning sky as bright as daylight, reports the Siberian Times. In the footage released on Tuesday, the meteor can be seen flying over the town of Sayanogorsk. According to local authorities parts of it landed in the nearby valley of Babik. Some …

Scientists have discovered what could be the world’s very first polluted river, which was contaminated around 7,000 years ago.. The findings of the research, published in Science of the Total Environment this week, say that early pollution in the now-dry river in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan was caused by the combustion of copper. The period was a …