Catherine Griffin : Science World Report

Mar 29, 2015 09:37 AM EDT

Scientists Discover More Evidence for Groundwater on Mars

Scientists may have found more evidence for water on Mars.

Mar 29, 2015 09:02 AM EDT

Climate Change Does Not Cause Extreme Winters in the Northeast

It turns out that cold snaps, like the ones that hit the eastern United States over the past few winters, are not connected with climate change.

Mar 27, 2015 08:47 AM EDT

Tasmania's Brilliantly-Colored Swift Parrot May Face Extinction in Just 16 Years

The brilliantly-colored and iconic Tasmanian swift parrot may be on the verge of extinction.

Mar 27, 2015 08:30 AM EDT

Massive Algal Blooms Could be Cleaned Up and Used as Biofuels and Fertilizers

Scientists may have found a way to clean up algal blooms and turn them into useful products.

Mar 27, 2015 08:08 AM EDT

Disturbed Ecosystems are More Sensitive to Climate Change and its Risks

When it comes to climate change, disturbed ecosystems may be at risk. Scientists have found that an ecosystem's resistance to changing climatic conditions is reduced when it's exposed to natural or human-caused disturbances.

Mar 27, 2015 07:42 AM EDT

Scientists Genetically Edit Mosquitoes That Transmit Deadly Diseases

Scientists may have discovered a way to genetically "edit" a mosquito, which may help keep it from spreading the deadly diseases chikungunya, yellow fever and dengue fever.

Mar 27, 2015 06:59 AM EDT

Crossing Your Fingers May Reduce How Much Pain You Feel

Did you know that crossing your fingers may reduce the pain you feel? How you feel pain is largely affected by where sources of pain are in relation to each other.

Mar 27, 2015 06:23 AM EDT

Keeping Climate Change to Just Two Degrees isn't Enough to Save Species

A lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced that a temperature change of two degrees is "utterly inadequate" for protected those most at risk from climate change.

Mar 27, 2015 06:00 AM EDT

Mysterious Dark Matter Slides Through Colliding Galaxies Unscathed

Scientists have found that dark matter interacts with itself even less than previously thought, which narrows down what the substance might actually be.

Mar 27, 2015 05:53 AM EDT

Dusty Gas Cloud Survived a Cloud Encounter with a Supermassive Black Hole

Scientists have gotten the best view yet of a dusty gas cloud, G2, after it made its closest approach to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Mar 27, 2015 05:32 AM EDT

Antarctica Ice Shelves are Melting at an Accelerated and Alarming Rate

It turns out that Antarctica's floating ice shelves may have recently thinned by as much as 18 percent in several areas over just two decades.

Mar 27, 2015 05:14 AM EDT

A High-Fat Diet May Alter Your Behavior and Your Brain with Changed Gut Bacteria

High-fat diets may not just impact your health. It could also alter your behavior and your brain. Scientists have discovered that high-fat diets could increase the risk for depression and other psychiatric disorders.