July 2018 - Science News

There is a series of huge rips in Earth’s mantle under Tibet, new findings reveal

The mantle beneath Tibet has been torn into four massive pieces, according to a new computer model that gives an

Scientists say you’re likely not walking your dog enough

Australia has nearly five million dogs, with nearly 40 percent of Australian households owning one. But it seems that 40

Brutal study just crushed the dream of terraforming Mars into a blue planet

Elon Musk wants to do it. NASA wants to do it. Heck, Arnold Schwarzenegger did do it (well, in a

The Great Pyramid of Giza might focus electromagnetic energy in its chambers

Theoretical research by an international team of physicists has discovered that the Great Pyramid of Giza can concentrate electromagnetic energy

The world’s largest king penguin colony has dramatically collapsed, and scientists don’t know why

The world’s largest king penguin colony has dramatically collapsed, and as yet scientists just don’t know why. From 2 million

Harvard statistician has found a way to work out whether Lennon or McCartney wrote The Beatles’ songs

“The probability that ‘In My Life’ was written by McCartney is .018.” “Which basically means it’s pretty convincingly a Lennon

New information has surfaced about missing plane MH370

On 8 March, 2014, Zaharie Ahmad Shah radioed air traffic controllers, “Good night, Malaysia,” as the Boeing 777 he was

This AI can predict your personality type simply by watching your eyes

If you’re bluffing your way through a game of high-stakes poker, it’s a good idea to avoid shifty, nervous eye

The Large Hadron Collider just successfully accelerated its first atoms

The Large Hadron Collider below Switzerland and France has just accelerated its first atoms to almost the speed of light,

Astronomers have made the first detection of a radioactive molecule in space

After a long search, a cosmic mystery has an answer. Astronomers have made the very first unambiguous detection of a

The ozone hole remains a global threat, despite our best efforts

The headlines in recent months read like an international eco-thriller. At Mauna Loa Observatory, perched high on a Hawaiian volcano,

New Zealand’s most sacred tree, Tāne Mahuta, is under severe threat

Tāne Mahuta is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest living being – but the 45 metre tall, 2,500-year-old kauri tree is under

Scientists have discovered an entirely new shape, and it was hiding in your cells

Skin is your largest organ. There are about 2 square metres (22 square feet) of it enveloping you right now,

Scientists have spotted an amazing dolphin-whale hybrid off the coast of Hawaii

A little bit of interspecies nookie has resulted in an unusual child that now lives in the waters off the

Hubble has just captured these spectacular images of Mars and Saturn

During the summer of 2018, the planets of Mars and Saturn (one after the other) have been in opposition. In

These are the worst smells in the world, according to science

Rotten eggs, animal puke, or a bloated dead whale? Smells can be truly awful, but somehow that doesn’t slow us

You might be less excited about colonising Mars after this new study

For generations, many have dreamed about the day when it would be possible to set foot on Mars – aka.

The devastating wildfire ravaging California created a ‘fire vortex’

The Carr Fire tearing through Northern California is so powerful that it’s creating its own weather patterns. The explosive blaze reached the city of Redding on

The MH370 mystery is about to be officially laid to rest. Here are all the unanswered questions remaining

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from air traffic control radar screens, never to be seen again

For The First Time, Scientists Witness A Single Hurricane Season Change The Anatomy of a Species

Caribbean lizards that survived the tough 2017 hurricane season have larger toe pads, on both front and back limbs, report

Leaked photo shows China is building a supercarrier that could rival the US’ Nimitz-class carriers

The Chinese shipbuilder that’s constructing Beijing’s third aircraft carrier, Type 002, leaked an artist’s impression of that carrier on social

These 9 incredible images are a mind-boggling remind of how far technology has come

Sometimes, while waiting for quantum computers to become a thing, or complaining that your stupid laptop keeps dying on 5

Astronauts capture the blood moon from space, and the photos are breathtaking

The majority of the world was lucky enough to witness a total lunar eclipse a few hours ago – and

Here’s why psychopaths are unable to love their own children

Dark triad personality (DTP) traits are narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. These traits manifest in people as excessive self-love, a manipulative

Even just the presence of a phone or laptop in class can push down grades, study finds

Today’s students have access to all kinds of gadgets and apps to aid their learning, but could these electronic devices

Researchers have discovered how to make proper fossils – in a day

One of the biggest ingredients in the creation of a fossil is time. Lots and lots and lots of time

Imagining black holes as giant fuzz balls might just solve some major physics dramas

Six years ago, a group of astrophysicists came to the startling realisation that if certain assumptions about the quantum physics

Space 101: Here’s how hard it’s going to be to grow food on Mars

Preparations are already underway for missions that will land humans on Mars in a decade or so. But what would

This is why scientists both love and hate Shark Week

Shark Week, the Discovery Channel’s annual bonanza of shark documentaries, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week. It’s the longest-running

Mysterious bone decorations discovered on a woman buried 4,500 years ago

Archaeologists working in Ukraine have found something they’ve never seen before: the bones of a young woman, buried 4,500 years

Roundworms just came back to life after 40,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost

Samples of permafrost sediment frozen for the past 40,000 years were recently thawed to reveal living nematodes. Within weeks the

Our first detailed map of ocean wilderness shows shockingly little is safe from humans

The first comprehensive mapping of ocean wilderness revealed that no part of the ocean is untouched by humans, and only

Everything you need to know about tonight’s historic blood moon – the longest this century!

On July 27th, 2018 most of the world will be treated to an extraordinary evening of activity in the sky.

Huge study shows how a major religion spread around the world, and some things never change

If you’re out to start a religion, it might be more important to aim high rather than wide and sign

Our Milky Way galaxy used to have a huge sibling, until Andromeda cannabalised it

Scientists have long understood that in the course of cosmic evolution, galaxies become larger by consuming smaller galaxies. The evidence

Scientists have finally figured out the mysterious source of all Mars’ dust

Conditions on Mars are not forgiving. Just ask the Opportunity rover. Oh, you can’t. It’s been forced into a drastic

BREAKING: Einstein’s theory of relativity just survived an insane test

For the first time, Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been confirmed in a new context: in the most extreme

Japan is bracing for an epic, nation-wide tech meltdown, all because of one man

His formal title is His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, Akihito, who succeeded to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of

Scientists discover two Incan girl mummies eerily clad in poison dresses

Around 500 or 600 years ago, two young girls, aged roughly 9 and 18 years, were buried in the finest

We might have been wrong about the source of Yellowstone’s supervolcano

Yellowstone National Park’s supervolcano could be the result of rubbing tectonic plates after all, a new study suggest – challenging

Dozens of people across the world may have heard Amelia Earhart’s final, chilling pleas for help

Amelia Earhart waded into the Pacific Ocean and climbed into her downed and disabled Lockheed Electra. She started the engine,

Physicists are testing a mysterious force that exists between superconducting wires

Two of the most bizarre phenomena in quantum physics have been brought together in a single experiment for the first

BREAKING: Giant lake of liquid water found hiding under Mars’ south pole

We finally know where all that Martian water has been hiding! This latest epic discovery was achieved using a radar

Here’s why your phone’s battery is always running out of charge

Why do batteries die? And, why can they only be recharged so many times before they won’t hold a useful

No, the raccoons in Central Park do not have a ‘zombie’ virus

“Dozens of raccoons die from viral ‘zombie’ outbreak” scream the headlines. That sounds pretty terrifying. Grab your emergency supply kit

A Harvard astrophysicist says outer space is actually closer than we think

There’s something just so incredibly satisfying about the idea of the Kármán line – the invisible boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space. Situated