Scientists recently published a paper in the journal neurology suggesting that keeping your brain active could defer Alzheimer's dementia for five years on average
How to stay safe from lightning - here are 4 tips
Mysterious levels of methane on Enceladus not explainable with known geochemical processes
The largest radio telescope in the world has been approved for construction
Astronomers discovered there might be countless 'exo-earths' hidden from us
Artificial intelligence helps make nuclear reactors safer
Scientists found a green alternative to a toxic solvent used to create high-tech solar cells
Why do people get carsick?
Solving two problems at once by creating jet fuel from waste plastics
Is it bad to listen to music while sleeping?
The future of agriculture: new high-tech vertical farm is capable of producing 10x more seed potatoes
The next 'pandemic' is antibiotic resistance, a ticking time bomb, and we are doing nothing to stop it
Having saved millions of lives, antibiotics are one of the miracles of modern medicine. Sadly they are under threat as resistance in bacteria is spreading expeditiously around the planet. Some experts call it one of the biggest threats we currently face as humankind. Yet, we are doing neigh on nothing to stop it.
Scientists discovered an incredible little creature that survived for 24,000 years in permafrost
The giant Megalodon shark may have been even larger than we thought
Mice are capable of abstract thinking, just like humans
According to a new study from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Mice possess the same cognitive abilities as humans. The research team developed and tested an innovative technique that allowed them to reveal that mice use abstract categorizing tactics to learn and process their environment, just like us.
Scientists can identify a city by its unique mix of viruses and bacteria
Why was the Sahara desert green in the past?
Researchers redefined the hottest and coldest places on Earth
Do we humans owe our large brains to starch?
Research implies Tyrannosaurs lived in social groups
The Tyrannosaurus-Rex is probably the most well-known of all dinosaurs. Almost every child remembers the twisted mix of emotions the first time they saw one on screen. The combination of fear and fascination that the T-Rex invoked, as they mindlessly rampaged and ate any creature they came across, seared this particular "terrible lizard" into our memories, and often, nightmares. However, a new study on a recent fossil discovery suggests this lonesome apex hunter of the cretaceous period was not the solitary predator we believed.