Sci/Environment

Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee have completed building equipment they hope will enable them to open a portal to a parallel universe. Experiments due to start this summer may reveal […]

A new study shows that some dogs are capable of identifying lung cancer by scent, with 97 percent accuracy. The study found that after training three beagles, the dogs were able to distinguish between blood […]

The average person now swallows five grams of plastic each week — the same amount of plastic as a credit card — according to new research by the WWF. Researchers found that people are consuming […]

A vast, mysterious “mass of material” has been spotted underneath the surface of the Moon. The huge mass is located under the biggest a crater in the solar system – the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin […]

The number of dead whales washed up along the United States’ west is the highest number on record since 2000. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, the stranding of over 70 […]

Scientists are to investigate mysterious, unexplained flashes of light seen on the surface of the moon. Known as ‘The transient luminous lunar phenomena’ the strange flashes occur several times a week and illuminate parts of […]

Researchers have now discovered a gut-brain connection in patients who suffer from autism. Chief Investigator Associate Professor Elisa Hill-Yardin from RMIT University said scientists trying to understand autism have long studied the brain, but the […]

Welcome to ” The Brave New World”… In his foreword to the novel’s 1946 edition, Aldous Huxley wrote: “Technically . . . we are still a long way from bottled babies . . . ” […]

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has confirmed that a huge concrete dome built during the Cold War to contain waste from US Nuclear testing has degraded and began leaking nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean. […]