- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 2nd, 2015
There Are Tubes of Plasma Over Our Heads, in Earth's Magnetosphere
Using a radio telescope, scientists imaged these tubes in 3D
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 2nd, 2015
Virgin Births Documented in Fish Populating Estuary in Florida, US
Some females in the area don't need a boo to conceive
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 1st, 2015
Shark Tooth-like Ice Formations Observed in the Atacama Desert
These gorgeous ice sculptures are nature-made
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 30th, 2015
Guy Who Says Earth Is 6,000 Years Old Finds 60-Million-Year-Old Bones
Edgar Nernberg is still a convinced creationist
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 29th, 2015
Volcano in Japan Erupts, Coughs Out Colossal Cloud of Ash and Smoke
The eruption happened this Friday at 10 a.m. local time
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 29th, 2015
Researcher: Just like Us Humans, Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded
This explains why they were vigorous, fast-growing creatures
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 28th, 2015
9.8-Magnitude Earthquake Poised to Hit California This Thursday, May 28
Or so says armchair scientist Frank Hoogerbeets
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 27th, 2015
Skeleton of Gargantuan 65-Ton Dinosaur Reconstructed in 3D
The digital reconstruction reveals the beast's anatomy
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 26th, 2015
Volcano in the Galapagos Islands Erupts for the First Time in 33 Years
The lava flow could reach the nearby ocean, specialists say
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 21st, 2015
80-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Thigh Bone Found in Washington, US
The fragmented femur appears to originate from a scary-looking carnivorous dinosaur, paleontologists say
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 20th, 2015
Snakes with Legs Roamed Our Planet in Ancient Times, Study Reveals
The hind limbs dragging behind the ancestors of modern snakes came complete with ankles and toes, researchers say
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 18th, 2015
Paleontologists Build Then Autopsy Life-Sized T. Rex Replica
The fairly quirky research project is documented in a new National Geographic Channel documentary, “T. Rex Autopsy”
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 16th, 2015
Millennia-Old Antarctica Ice Shelf Is Disintegrating, Will Soon Vanish
NASA scientists say the ice shelf will break apart into icebergs and disappear by the time this decade is over
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 14th, 2015
Positively Humongous 7-Meter (23-Foot) Squid Washes Ashore in NZ
The marine creature is now resting inside a freezer at the Marine Center and Aquarium in the town of Kaikoura
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 12th, 2015
Major 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Already Devastated Nepal
The tremor struck this May 12 at 7:05 UTC, was an aftershock to the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that happened on April 25
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 12th, 2015
Rise of the Dino-Chicks: Velociraptor Snouts Grown on Baby Chickens
To put dinosaur-like snouts on chicken embryos, researchers toyed with the molecules building their beaks
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 9th, 2015
16-Foot (4.8-Meter) Great White Spotted Off the Cost of New Jersey, US
This massive great white shark is quite a celebrity online, has an army of fans on Twitter and Facebook