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New study documents abundance of animals at Chernobyl

New study documents abundance of animals at Chernobyl

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant caught fire and released enough radiation into the surrounding area to force human populations to abandon the area in...
Paleontologists find oldest animal to walk on four legs in Niger

Paleontologists find oldest animal to walk on four legs in Niger

The oldest animal to have a skeletal structure that forced it to walk on four legs was a plant-eating reptile named Bunostegos akokanensis that...
First man-made wormhole created

First man-made wormhole created

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Department of Physics researchers Jordi Prat, Carles Navau, and Àlvar Sánchez announced the creation of the first man-made wormhole. at...
Plant mutation discovered specific to TNT

Plant mutation discovered specific to TNT

A mutation has been discovered in several plant lines of Arabidopsis thaliana also known as thale cress and mouse-ear cress that renders the plant...
Squeezed photons measured for the first time

Squeezed photons measured for the first time

A single photon of light can assume a different shape depending on the conditions of the creation of the photon and the measurement instruments....
Wasp venom proven to kill cancer cells but not normal cells

Wasp venom proven to kill cancer cells but not normal cells

The venom of the social wasp Polybia paulista from Brazil has been shown to protect the wasp from cancer. Paul Beales of the University...
Cosmos host Tyson proclaims global warming theory as fact

Cosmos host Tyson proclaims global warming theory as fact

National Geographic just released a clip from an episode of Cosmos airing this Sunday. In it, host Neil deGrasse Tyson takes climate change head...
Carbon dioxide emissions remain flat for last two years

Carbon dioxide emissions remain flat for last two years

While some scientists are trying to tie 2016's warmer-than-usual winter weather to global warming, the IEA released new data today showing man-made CO2 emissions...
Anti-fracking protests in 60 Romanian cities call for Fracking ban

Anti-fracking protests in 60 Romanian cities call for Fracking ban

On Sunday, coordinated anti-fracking protests in 60 Romanian cities called for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, transparency in decision making, and for the Romanian...
Study: Increased methane levels from agriculture, not fossil fuel production

Study: Increased methane levels from agriculture, not fossil fuel production

A new study published today in the journal Science shows that fossil fuels are not the cause of increasing levels of methane in the...

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