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Sahara Desert Covered In Snow For The Second Time In 37 Years

January 09, 2018

Algerians living in the Sahara Desert found themselves in a winter wonderland as up to 16 inches of snow covered the desert dunes. Thi...

Newborn Pacific Island May Offer Clues About Life On Mars

December 15, 2017

An underwater volcano had erupted in the latter part of December 2014 in Tonga, a Polynesian kingdom consisting of over 170 South Pacif...

An Asteroid Is Going To Swing Past Earth On December 16

November 25, 2017

Look alive, people. An asteroid is about to make a pretty close approach to Earth – but don't worry, there's essentially no cha...

Great White Sharks Are Being Hunted - And Not By Humans

November 25, 2017

With their massive size, rows of razor sharp teeth, and emotionless eyes, many consider great white sharks to be the ultimate predator...

Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor Is A Cigar-Shaped Asteroid

November 23, 2017

The solar system’s first interstellar visitor, first spotted Oct. 19, to the delight of astronomers, has been found to be an unusual, ...

Fungal Parasite Turns Ants To Zombies But Leaves Their Brains Intact

November 14, 2017

The 'zombie ant fungus' can infect ants and bring them under its control, but it leaves their brains uninfected, a new study fi...

Earth's Ozone Hole Shrinks To Its Smallest Since 1988: NASA

November 05, 2017

NASA has recently announced that the ozone hole over Antarctica is at its smallest since 1988. The U.S. space agency and National Ocean...

Incredible Image of Bubble-Blowing Wasp Has a Scientific Explanation

November 02, 2017

A jaw-dropping image of what appeared to be a bubble-blowing wasp balancing the liquid sphere on its front legs captivated Reddit users ...

Asteroid That Came Close To Earth This Week May Be Real Threat In 2079

October 15, 2017

A house-sized asteroid flew by Earth earlier this week. Asteroid 2012 TC4 came close to our planet without causing much problem but...

UAE Plans To Build City On Earth That Simulates Life On Mars

September 30, 2017

After revealing its plans to set up a city on Mars within a century, the United Arab Emirates announced its intention to build a ...

Another Giant Iceberg, Over Four Times The Size Of Manhattan, Breaks Loose From Antarctica

September 27, 2017

An iceberg that is more than four times the size of Manhattan has broken free from Antarctica, the second massive piece of ice that has...

One-third Of All Parasites May Go Into Extinction Due To Climate Change: Why This Is Bad

September 11, 2017

Climate change could cause the extinction of a third of all parasites by the year 2070. It may not sound so bad, but parasites are actu...

The Sun Recently Discharged An Enormous Solar Flare Which Has An Effect On Earth

September 09, 2017

NASA has reported a huge solar flare being emitted by the Sun, the most powerful since 2006, which has already caused some radio b...

Is Greenland Actually Green And Iceland Actually Icy?

August 29, 2017

As their names imply, Greenland and Iceland are actually not what you think they are. Here are some few facts you need to know about about ...

Antares: Astronomers Capture Best Ever Image Of A Star’s Surface And Atmosphere

August 28, 2017

Astronomers have produced the most detailed ever images of a star other than the sun . The red supergiant, called Antares, is known as...

Hoba Meteorite: World's Largest Meteorite

August 24, 2017

In 1920, a farmer was plowing a field near Grootfontein, Namibia when his plow suddenly screeched to a halt. Curious about what he had...

New Sperm Creation Method Could Overcome Genetic Male Infertility – Study

August 19, 2017

A common genetic cause of male infertility has been overcome in mice using a technique that creates healthy sperm in the laboratory, s...

"Explosive Auroras": What Causes These Strobe Light Displays?

August 19, 2017

A team from the University of Tokyo and Japan's Institute of Polar Research spent three years taking high-speed video of the aurora ...

Women Have More Active Brains Than Men

August 18, 2017

In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach, CA) compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single phot...

Scientists Use Magnetic Fields To Remotely Stimulate Brain -- And Control Body Movements