Science

A bizarre, prehistoric sea-dwelling reptile with a weird hammerhead mouth has been identified by archaeologists as the first herbivorous or plant eating marine reptile. Researchers have discovered the fossil remains of a bizarre crocodile size reptile in Southern China back in 2014. The creature was a sea-dweller and lived 242 million years ago long before the time when dinosaurs roamed …

When Scientists spy a distant galaxy surrounded by a wall of glowing dust, they’re likely looking at not one but several galaxies.. The University of Sussex researchers found that the glow of heated dust reaching our planet is frequently due to three or four galaxies instead of a single one, as scientists had previously assumed. The study, published in Monthly …

Weather plays an important role in our daily lives. Receiving the correct weather information aids us in making our everyday plans ranging from daily activities to making travel arrangements. Weather forecasts are unpredictable, which is why researchers work tirelessly to develop new technology and ways to provide timely and more accurate forecasts. NASA’s scientists and engineers at its Langley Research …

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak on May 6, but sky-watchers will likely be able to spot meteors on the day before and after. Even though the meteors will be visible anytime during the night, but best time to look is before sunrise and generally towards the east. To improve your chances of seeing the shooting stars, try to …

A dinosaur fish has washed up on shore in North Carolina, another startling reminder that the ocean is full of evil and out to kill us all. An article written by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission explains the Atlantic Sturgeon is a primitive fish dating back to the dinosaur age. The Atlantic sturgeon has a brown, tan or bluish-black …

Spiders have a reputation for engaging in extreme sex acts. Females are known to cannibalize their male partners. Males of some species castrate themselves during mating. There have also been reports of spider bondage. Scientists were recently surprised to find that Darwin’s bark spiders, a species found in Madagascar, engage in yet another sexual behavior: oral sex. Matjaz Gregoric, a …

Robotic scientists at Stanford University have invented OceanOne, a robotic “mermaid” that can go to ocean depths too dangerous for humans while a human being controls the robot from the safety of a boat. The OceanOne had its first real-world test recently when it surveyed the wreckage of La Lune, a 17th century ship that sunk near the southern coast …

Marine researchers have discovered a new type of jellyfish that looks more like an alien spaceship than a sea creature. The almost fake-looking jellyfish was spotted on the Enigma Seamount near the Mariana Trench, 2.3 miles underwater. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Okeanos Explorer is collecting data from the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument and the …

Astronomers have discovered not one, not two, but three new Earth-like planets that may be the most promising places yet to look for signs of alien life. For the first time, an international team of astronomers from MIT, the University of Liège in Belgium, and elsewhere have detected three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star, just 40 light years from …

Researchers have unravelled a very, very cold case – a savage killing from half a million years ago. Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was consumed by large carnivores, likely hyenas, according to a study published April 27, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Camille Daujeard from the Muséum …

Workers laying pipes in a park in southern Spain have unearthed a 600-kilogram trove of Roman coins in what culture officials say is a unique historic discovery. Scientists said that they had never before seen a hoard of coins this large before. According to Ana Navarro, the head of Seville’s Archeology Museum, the coins are worth “certainly several million euros.” …