Life on earth has an extraterrestrial origin, according to a new study that was concluded on Thursday. A recent experiment, conducted to understand the source of life's building blocks, suggests that the molecules arrived from outside the planet.
Reports about an existing collaboration between cosmetic company Skincential Sciences and CIA’s venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, may come as a surprise to many.
The discovery of an unknown human species from South Africa last year created a sensation that jolted the paleoanthropology community and captured public imagination. Furthermore, the core team who spearheaded the discovery claimed that the species followed a deliberate disposal system of its dead, ...
The government officials of the Australian state of Queensland have recently approved a very controversial coal mining project that threatens the world’s biggest collection of coral formations: the Great Barrier Reef.
Unknown source from one part of the human brain have been the key to the recent discovery of frequency-following responses or FFR, the neural signals that are made in the brain whenever people hear sounds.
Rivers are characterized by flowing water which is a characteristic observed in landslides. Now, scientists have figured out why a landslide can flow like a river using a computer model.
Until recently, there are only two known forms of magnetism, which are ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. The former is the kind of magnetism seen in refrigerators while the latter is some sort of a negative magnetism in hard drives.
Human remains have been discoovered by scientists in an ancient burial ground in the Plain of Jars, one of Asia's mysterious archaeological locations found in Laos.
An infant earth has been spotted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The interferometer of radio telescopes has been giving out impressive results since its inauguration in 2013, the latest one being images of a planet-forming dis...
The Indonesian island called Bawean had been confirmed by scientists to have a population of fewer than 250 mature Bawean warty pigs. The figure has made these pigs one of the rarest pig species in the world.
The South African government's stance on rhino horn trade can be a decisive factor for the fate and survival of the species in the region
Researchers at the University of Guam (UOG) Marine Laboratory are taking the help of a new genetic sequencer to know more about the biological mechanism of coral reefs. The study will enable the scientists to understand why certain colonies of coral reefs thrive while others do not.
