Science

Several mass extinctions have occurred in the history of the Earth that have drastically changed life on the planet, and new evidence suggests that one of these effects may have been a large reduction in the size of sea creatures. A paper, published in the journal Science, studied 1,100 fossils …

So just how long have humans and honeybees had a relationship? A new study says that humans have been using and relying on the labor of honeybees for more than 8,500 years. Researchers discovered beeswax residue on fragments of ancient cooking pots from archaeological sites across North Africa, the Middle East …

Last week, researchers at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto successfully penetrated the blood-brain barrier (or BBB) to administer chemotherapy into the brain tumor of a patient.  This method of injecting chemicals into the brain isn’t entirely new, however this is the first time doctors were able to get through the …

Soon, guests will no longer be able to see SeaWorld San Diego’s iconic orca show. In a response to ongoing and intense public outcry, as well as regulatory pressure, the marine based amusement park will retire its theatrical orca show in 2016, replacing it with a “new orca experience” the …

The idea of the multiverse, in which several separate universes exist in parallel, was once just science fiction but in recent years several notable astronomers and astrophysicists have come to support the idea that they may exist and now the first physical evidence of the multiverse may have been found. …

Two American astronauts currently residing in the International Space Station had a lengthy stay outside the station Friday as they completed an eight-hour spacewalk to service part of the ISS’s plumbing system. The celestial plumbing job was carried out by NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren, who spent a …

In mid-October, the Kepler space telescope detected an irregular light pattern around a star, KIC 8462852, which is about 1,500 light years away from Earth. Excitement grew across the internet when it was announced an alien mega structure such as a Dyson sphere, a huge structure that gathers energy from the star, …

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. In fact, the massive gas giant is two and a half times larger than every other planet in our solar system combined. Therefore, it would only make sense that it is also, apparently the most dominant, as new evidence suggests that …

NASA has released close up pictures of the Halloween asteroid that flew harmlessly past Earth on Halloween night. In earlier images, the asteroid appeared to resemble a skull but the new, high-resolution images show no such pattern. In order to capture images of the asteroid, astronomers shot microwaves at it …

Many people have dreamed of being an astronaut at some point in their lives. But have those people actually sat down and considered the reality of becoming an actual astronaut? If you think you have what it takes, this is the time to start considering it! NASA is looking for astronauts to …