CO2 concentration hits historically high levels
Last week, it was revealed that the daily mean concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is at the highest levels since scientists began measuring it.
Perfect storm of problems has been making bees disappear since 2006
Bees have been disappearing in the United States since 2006. Now scientists say that there are multiple reasons for this, including multiple viruses.
Mars One offers a one-way trip: Is outer space for you?
Would you adventure to colonize Mars knowing that you will not return to Earth? Mars One is seriously recruiting people to settle on the red planet.
NASA captures video of a massive hurricane on Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft captured a video that shows a hurricane on Saturn with an eye about 1,250 miles wide and clouds swirling at 330 miles per hour.
Hospitals combating superbugs using germ-killing robots
In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn’t have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous ‘superbugs’ that are hard to treat.
A spacecraft for asteroid deflecting is being prepared
A European-led mission to test a dramatic method of deflecting asteroids hurtling towards Earth is scheduled to launch in 2019.
‘Baby picture’ of the universe reveals it’s 13.82 billion years old
Cosmologists have released the ‘baby picture’ of the universe, a portrait that helps answer some of the deepest questions of science.
NASA’s twin spacecraft Ebb and Flow crash site found
When NASA’s twin spacecraft Ebb and Flow crashed into the moon last year, scientists did not count on seeing the aftermath.
Three astronauts are back on Earth after a 144-day mission
Saturday morning on the foggy steppes of Kazakhstan, three astronauts returned to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.
Physicists believe they have found the Higgs boson
In what could go down as one of the great Eureka! moments in physics, scientist are confident they have found a Higgs boson (God Particle).
