Catherine Griffin : Science World Report

Jul 10, 2013 09:37 AM EDT

Evolution May be Too Slow for Climate Change: Tropical Species in Danger

Can evolution keep up with climate change? That's a good question. As temperatures shift and regions change, species are becoming more and more vulnerable to climate impacts. Now, scientists have discovered that many vertebrate species would have to evolve about 10,000 times faster than they have in...

Jul 10, 2013 08:57 AM EDT

Tropical Cyclones May Drastically Increase in Frequency and Intensity as Climate Changes

The climate is changing--and not for the better when it comes to major storms and hurricanes. MIT scientists have revealed that the coming century may produce stronger and more frequent tropical cyclones as the planet warms, creating the potential for hurricanes like Katrina.

Jul 10, 2013 08:51 AM EDT

Massively Bright Star Born in Milky Way Galaxy from Dark Cloud Core

Stars are born and die each day in our Universe, either burning brightly as they collect clouds of dust and gas or slowly fading after becoming a brilliant supernova. Now, scientists have witnessed the very beginnings of a massive star within our own Milky Way.

Jul 10, 2013 07:41 AM EDT

Subglacial Antarctic Swamp Discovered Beneath Florida-sized Glacier

Deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet lie lakes and streams of water, filtering through frigid glaciers. Now, scientists have detected a vast, subglacial water system beneath West Antarctica's Floriday-sized Thwaites Glacier. The findings could have major implications for potential sea level rise.

Jul 09, 2013 03:06 PM EDT

Watch 3D Printing with Liquid Metal at Room Temperature (Video)

The process of 3D printing is gaining a lot of ground. Now, scientists have developed 3D printing technology that can create free-standing structures made out of liquid metal at room temperature.

Jul 09, 2013 02:09 PM EDT

Neanderthals May Have Shared Speech and Language with Modern Humans

Neanderthals died out hundreds of thousands of years ago, possibly even killed off by our ancient ancestors. Yet a growing body of evidence seems to point to the fact that our distant cousins had more in common with us than we first thought. New research reveals that Neanderthals may have shared spe...

Jul 09, 2013 01:15 PM EDT

Meet GROVER the Rover, NASA's New Extreme Polar Explorer (Video)

Meet GROVER, NASA's new polar rover that can withstand the extreme temperatures felt in icy climates. The space agency has now tested this new rover on the Greenland ice sheet and has found that not only can it defy wind gusts of up to 30 mph, but it can also operate completely autonomously.

Jul 09, 2013 12:01 PM EDT

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Hits the Road to Mount Sharp

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is on the road again, continuing its trek across the Red Planet. With drives on July 4 and July 7, the rover departed its last scientists target in the "Glenelg" area and has begun its many-month overland journey to its next destination--Mount Sharp.

Jul 09, 2013 11:24 AM EDT

Space-Time is Different for Various Elementary Particles: The State of the Early Universe

Creating normal space-time from an earlier state dominated by quantum gravity has been studied for years; now, recent analyses reveal that not all elementary particles may be subject to the same space-time.

Jul 09, 2013 10:33 AM EDT

Meteorite Mystery Solved: Glassy Spherules Caused by Collisions

The largest class of meteorites, called chondrites, have a few mysteries left in store for astronomers. Small, glassy spherules have been found embedded in samples of these massive meteorites, leading scientists to wonder how they actually appeared there in the first place.

Jul 09, 2013 09:21 AM EDT

Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk Outside ISS Today! Watch it Live

The International Space Station is getting some upgrades, thanks to two spacewalking astronauts today. Expedition 36 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency have just begun the first of two, key six and a half hour spacewalks that will lay the foundatio...

Jul 09, 2013 08:34 AM EDT

X-Ray Video Reveals Recycled Energy of Powered Bat Flight

Bats are the only known living mammals that possess the ability of powered flight. Now, scientists have used X-ray video to discover that these airborne creatures can stretch and store energy in their bicep and tricep tendons during take-off and climbing flight, giving them the extra power boost tha...