Science

Twenty-nine human footprints from the end of the last Ice Age are fueling discussion about America's first immigrants. 13,000 years ago, three people disembarked from their boat and headed up a beach, but they suddenly stopped to watch something. It’s...

Scientists using spinach as a bomb detector which relays warnings to humans via their smartphones. This is one of the first demonstrations of engineering electronic systems into plants, an approach that the researchers call “plant nanobionics.” “The goal of plant nanobionics...

A fireball that exploded in the sky over Japan could be linked to a huge asteroid that’s destined to smash into our planet. That’s the warning from scientists who have been trying to work out the origins of a...

A speculated alien signal detected by a group of scientists has been revealed, describing it to root from thousands of light years from the planet Earth. These mysterious radio signals have baffled and intrigued astronomers, including some who speculate that...

China is confident it will be the first to make contact with Alien Life thanks to the world’s largest radio dish which can detect signals from even the deepest parts of space. China has reportedly poured billions on this project,...

Researchers studying nearby stars have found a giant Jupiter-like planet circling a tiny red dwarf star 31 light years away, an unusual pairing that stretches the boundaries of our understanding of planet formation. The exoplanet, called GJ 3512 b, is...

A mysterious and dangerous fungal infection called Candida auris has emerged around the world. Healthcare facilities in several countries have reported that a type of yeast called Candida auris has been causing severe illness in hospitalized patients. In some patients,...

Researchers have discovered massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost. Research published in Geophysical Research Letters exposes another worrisome consequence of thawing permafrost—mercury (Hg) contamination. Led by Paul Schuster, a hydrologist at the US Geological Survey in Boulder, Colorado, the...

Two Brazilian fossils some 230 million years ago that have just been officially presented to the scientific community are helping to understand how dinosaurs appeared on the planet and branched out into various species. In two words: very slowly. That...

Sea Creature That Washed Up On Indonesia's Shores Is Not A Giant Squid: What Is It?. The giant carcass of a sea creature was discovered in Indonesia after it washed ashore on the island of Seram, and it has everyone...