Scientists Look to Clone Extinct 500,000 Year Old Lion Cub
Trying to revive an extinct species by cloning? Hmmm, I don’t believe they have seen the Jurassic Park movies.. via The Daily Star UK The lion was found frozen in ice in Siberia, Russia. It survived almost intact for tens of thousands of years, and its fur and facial features are clearly visible. It was found with its face resting … Continue reading
Ocean on Saturn’s Moon ‘Enceladus’ Could Have ‘Evolved Life’
Enceladus is looking like an increasingly good place to search for life. Scientists now believe that the ocean of Enceladus has been around long enough for life to have evolved there. Of all the discoveries made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its 13 years in orbit around Saturn, those concerning the gas giant’s enigmatic moon Enceladus are perhaps the most … Continue reading
Bees Have a Left or Right ‘Handed’ Preference Just Like We Do
A few months ago it was revealed that bees understand the concept of zero and now it appears they share another trait with humans: a preference for handedness. No, bees do not have hands like us but they do have a “distinct bias” in their flying direction. According to Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, of The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute, … Continue reading
You May Be More Closely Related to ‘Neanderthal’ Than You Thought
A female Neanderthal who lived in what is now Croatia 52,000 years ago is revealing that our “caveman” relatives may have passed on genes that play roles in cholesterol levels, eating disorders, arthritis and other diseases today, the researchers who sequenced her genome say. And some modern humans are carrying around more Neanderthal DNA than scientists had thought: The study … Continue reading
NASA Has 4 Possible Plan of Actions to Save Us from Earth-Bound Asteroids
Hollywood movies have long dramatised the threat of Earth being wiped out in by an asteroid discovered at the 11th hour, only for disaster to be averted by all-American heroes such as Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck or a gristly Robert Duvall. As NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office uses the asteroid “2012 TC4” to test its ability to respond to the … Continue reading
Scientist Say the Universe Should Not Exist Based on the Bizarre Behaviour of Anti-Matter
We don’t know why the universe isn’t destroying itself Our universe shouldn’t exist, scientists say. The most elite scientists in the world are still struggling to find why exactly our universe didn’t destroy itself as soon as it came into existence. That’s what science says should have happened – but it clearly hasn’t, since you’re here reading this, as far … Continue reading
Asteroid that Wiped Out Dinosaurs Contains Cancer Killing Metal, According to Research
Cancer cells can be destroyed using the same metal from the asteroid believed to have caused the dinosaurs’ extinction. Research by the University of Warwick in the UK and Sun Yat-Sen University in China found the dense metal, iridium, can be used to kill cancer cells by directly targeting them and filling them with a deadly ‘version’ of oxygen. A … Continue reading
New Life Form Found in Caverns of the Grand Canyon
Tens of thousand of people walk through the Grand Canyon caverns every year, but very few come here, past where the general public is allowed, and it’s an area that may hold a brand new life form. These tight passageways were formed millions of years ago and were never seen by human eyes until a group of underground explores dug … Continue reading
Scientist Succeed in Controlling Mice Movements Remotely, Are Humans Next?
Scientists have succeeded in remotely controlling the movements of mice. If human beings are next, how can we deal with the moral and ethical implications of this discovery? The legendary John Steinbeck took the title of his most famous novella from Robert Burns’s poem “To a Mouse“: “I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion / Has broken Nature’s social union, / And … Continue reading
Astronomer Make Astonishing Discovery of ‘Monster’ Planet Orbiting Tiny Star
A huge “monster” planet that’s far too big for its sun could lead scientists to rethink their theories of astronomy. The planet, known as NGTS-1b, is the size of Jupiter. But orbits around a red dwarf star that’s only half the size of its sun. Scientists not only didn’t predict that such a massive planet would be able to orbit … Continue reading
