Catherine Griffin : Science World Report

Jun 17, 2014 07:17 AM EDT

New Tool in the Hunt for Alien Life: Methane Detection on Exoplanets

Scientists hunting for alien life may have a new tool in their arsenal. Researchers have created a powerful new model to detect life on planets outside of our solar system more accurately than ever before.

Jun 17, 2014 07:04 AM EDT

Antarctic Species Disappear as Icebergs Released by Global Warming Roam Free

As icebergs are turned free to roam most of the year, boulders that were once encrusted with a thick assemblage of species are now only supporting a single species in Antarctica.

Jun 16, 2014 01:47 PM EDT

NASA Discovers Aromatic Flavors on Saturn's Moon Titan

What sort of aromatic flavors would you encounter on Saturn's moon, Titan? That's a good question, and it's one that NASA scientists have managed to figure out.

Jun 16, 2014 01:11 PM EDT

High-Mass Stars May Form as Twins: Binary Systems More Common Than Thought

It turns out that there may be far more binary stars in our universe than astronomers once thought. It turns out that high-mass stars are rarely solitary, which means that heavy stars may already form as twins.

Jun 16, 2014 12:27 PM EDT

Herschel Spots Ring of Strange, Dusty Material and Baby Stars in Stellar Nursery

The Herschel Space Observatory has spotted a ring of dusty material while capturing one of the sharpest scans to date of a distant cloud of gas and dust, called NGC 7538.

Jun 16, 2014 11:35 AM EDT

A Mother's Stress Can Cause Obesity During Her Unborn Children's Adulthood

Are you stressed? Then your children may have a higher risk of obesity as adults.

Jun 16, 2014 10:39 AM EDT

Western Amazon is at Risk of Oil Pollution: 30-Year Contamination Period

It turns out that the Western Amazon may be in more trouble than we thought. Scientists have found that this region may have been contaminated by widespread oil pollution over a staggering 30-year period.

Jun 16, 2014 10:01 AM EDT

Anxious Children Have Larger 'Fear Centers' in Their Brains: Anxiety Disorder Development

Scientists have found that alterations in the development of the "fear center" in the brain during childhood may have an important influence on the development of anxiety problems.

Jun 16, 2014 09:22 AM EDT

Fox and Coyote Trapping Records Reveal the Major Impact of Wolves Across North America

Using coyote and red fox fur trapping records, scientists have recorded how wolves influence the ecosystem around them.

Jun 16, 2014 08:36 AM EDT

How Subseafloor Bacteria Survive in Harsh Conditions: Over-Activating DNA Repair

Scientists have found that a huge microbial biosphere on the subseafloor is alive, dividing, and has adapted by over-activating stress response and DNA-repair mechanisms in order to cope with the hard environment.

Jun 16, 2014 07:54 AM EDT

Greenland Ice Sheet Melts and Refreezes, Speeding its Flow to the Sea

Using ice-penetrating radar, scientists have discovered ragged blocks of ice as tall as city skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan at the very bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, shedding light on how this massive ice sheet is currently melting.

Jun 16, 2014 07:27 AM EDT

Arctic Warming Linked to Fewer Harsh Winters and Cold Weather Extremes in the Northern Hemisphere

It turns out that we may have to worry about fewer cold weather extremes in the coming years. Scientists have found that climate change is unlikely to lead to more days to extreme cold, similar to the ones that gripped the U.S. in an extreme deep freeze this past winter.