2019-03-01
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Collapsing Glaciers Causing Massive Earthquakes in Greenland
July 2, 2015As Greenland's glaciers melt, gigantic chunks of ice are breaking off. They are so large that they are causing powerful earthquakes as they tumble into the ocean. A team of researchers from Swansea University in the UK, the Lamont-Doherty Earth... continued
What Makes Us Love Dogs? Those EYES!
June 30, 2015Researchers at the Companion Animal Research Lab at Azabu University in Japan have found that dogs have found a way to tap into a human bonding mechanism, specifically through the hormone 'oxytocin'. Oxytocin is typically released when a parent gazes... continued
Arctic Methane Release Getting Worse
June 29, 2015Over the past few months, Arctic reporting stations have been reporting an unexpected increase in the outgassing of methane from thawing permafrost. Methane is an extremely potent greenhouse gas. In the past, the sudden release of methane from arctic tundras... continued
Famed Paleontologist to Create a Dinosaur
June 28, 2015A renowned paleontologist and his team of pioneering geneticists are looking to genetically re-create a dinosaur, using DNA from a chicken. And no, we're not lifting this story from a Steven Spielberg movie. Paleontologist Jack Horner, of whom not only... continued
Amazing New Method of Recovering Lost Memories
June 26, 2015New neurological research has answered the question of whether amnesia is caused by damage to the specific brain cells that hold the lost memories, or if access to the memories in those cells are being blocked. And in the process,... continued
Doctor Changes Position on Roswell Mummy
June 26, 2015Dr. Richard O'Connor, who originally stated that he did not believe that the mummy depicted in two slides presented at Jaime Maussan's "Be Witness" event in Mexico City on May 5 was human, has now said that he does believe... continued
Brain Implants No Bigger than Dust Particles On the Way
June 25, 2015A new concept of a brain-computer interface has been proposed by engineering researchers at University of California Berkeley, utilizing what they term as 'neural-dust', tiny machines that would be implanted in the brain to help facilitate the collection of neurological... continued
Study Claims 6th Mass Extinction Under Way–But There’s More to It than That
June 24, 2015Researchers have declared that the Earth is entering a mass extinction event, and that it is being caused by humans, but this is part of a much larger story. A team at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment have... continued
Google Predicts Human-Machine Hybrids
June 23, 2015Human brains will be directly connected to the internet by nanobot implants, making us into human-machine hybrids, within the next 15 years, according to Google's head engineer. Director of Engineering at Google, Ray Kurzweil, says that in the 2030's, this... continued
So Far 2015 is the Hottest Year on Record–Except in the US
June 20, 2015Last month was recorded as the hottest May on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), since the organization started recording temperatures in 135 years ago. The previous 4 months were each the hottest on record for... continued