Bone Hormone Sparks Fight-or-Flight Response in Mice (Study)
Bones are more than just the scaffolding for our body lumps. Bones are rigid organs filled with a honeycomb-like matrix, and...
Asian giant hornets that feed on bees spotted on Island
Asian giant hornets, which feed on honeybees and can wipe out entire hives, have been found in the Nanaimo area, the...
Scientists detect radio signal coming from massive galaxy far, far away
Oftentimes astronomers focus on distant galaxies in an effort to better understand the layout of the universe, and perhaps even tell...
Exploding Star observed by Chinese astronomers over 2,000 years ago
An international team of astronomers has identified the ancient remains of a nova inside a galactic globular cluster.
Using the Very Large...
NASA Says Aluminum Fraud Caused $700 Million Satellite Failures (Reports)
The destruction of two Taurus rockets and the NASA satellites they carried is an especially frustrating failure in the annals of...
Blue whale fossil 85 discovered, marine giant lived about 1.5 million years ago
The blue whale is not only the largest animal alive today, it is the largest one that has ever lived. Now,...
Antidote found for venomous box jellyfish (Reports)
Australian and Chinese scientists have identified an antidote to the venom of the much-feared box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) that, in mice...
Egyptian Tomb Found With Dozens of Mummies (Reports)
Mummified remains of dozens of ancient Egyptian men, women, and children have been revealed at a newly discovered tomb in southeast...
Study: Astrophysicists find elusive molecule that ‘kick-started’ the universe
“It was the beginning of chemistry,” said David Neufeld, a professor of molecular astrophysics at John Hopkins University and co-author...
Saturn’s moon Titan sports phantom hydrocarbon lakes (Reports)
Methane rain on Titan can create methane lakes 330 feet (100 metres) deep in the moon's northern polar region.
The hydrological system...
