Radioactive Isotopes Found in Fracking Waste US oil and natural gas production, has been boosted in recent years by a drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking.” But this practice has also been criticized for its possible impact on the environment because of the wastewater this method generates. A new study published in […]
Radioactive Material Found in Fracking Waste; Searching Space for H20
Posted December 21st, 2016 at 4:30 pm (UTC-4)
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Ancient Dolphin; CPR is More Successful on TV; Blueberries Make Natural Antibiotic
Posted September 2nd, 2015 at 10:17 pm (UTC-4)
New Extinct Species of River Dolphin Discovered Scientists have recently discovered the fossils of a new extinct species of a river dolphin. Since the fossils were found in ocean sediments just off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the new species have been named Isthminia panamensis. The newly identified species is closely related to the Amazon […]
Ultra-Dark Galaxies; Exoplanet With Comet-Like Tail; New Dinosaur Species
Posted June 24th, 2015 at 7:52 pm (UTC-4)
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Astronomers Find Huge Treasure Trove of Ultra-Dark Galaxies U.S. and Japanese researchers have discovered 854 “ultra dark galaxies” located within the Coma Cluster, about 321 million light years from Earth. Dark galaxies are described as those that are totally composed of or are mostly filled with dark matter, which cannot be seen by telescopes. Nevertheless, […]
Common Ancestor of Today’s Horse and Rhino Found in India
Posted November 25th, 2014 at 7:51 pm (UTC-4)
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore say fossils found in an Indian coal mine are pointing to a common ancestor for today’s horses, rhinos and tapirs. The animals in question are members of an order called Perissodactyla or odd-toed ungulates because they happen to have an odd number of toes on their rear feet. […]
Science Images of the Month – October, 2014
Posted October 31st, 2014 at 6:57 pm (UTC-4)
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Science Images of the Week
Posted June 6th, 2014 at 7:32 pm (UTC-4)
Study Suggests a Significant Change to Human History
Posted October 18th, 2013 at 6:40 pm (UTC-4)
An international team of scientists claim that their recent research could rewrite the history of human evolution. The researchers suggest that instead of our early human ancestors belonging to different evolutionary species such as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis or Homo erectus, they are all actually of the same species, but just happen to look a […]