Sci/Environment

Scientists at Stanford University have created strains of yeast that can produce narcotic drugs. A new study shows that by altering the genetic code of yeast the researchers were able to produce synthetic opioids, a […]

The mystery of where Queen Nefertiti of Egypt was buried is finally being unearthed by Egyptologists. 100 years after one of the greatest finds in history, when Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the […]

Paula Froelich has always had a fascination with Australia’s massive crocodiles.  It was a combination of fear and awe.  She discovered what is was like to get up close with the massive predators… and we […]

The DNA in octopuses may contain genetic code belonging to aliens, according to scientists at the University of Chicago.  According to research, octopus DNA contains highly rearranged code, utterly different from other animals on earth. […]

A friendly whale nudges fishing boat asking for assistance to remove trash from her mouth. Fishermen were stunned when a whale approached their boat and asked the crew for help.The desperate whale nudged the fishing […]

A retired geologist appears to have predicted the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical waste spill into a major Colorado River. Contaminated water containing lead, arsenic and heavy metals poured into the Animas River when a contractor […]

Scientists have said that there is evidence that suggests human life may have begun on another planet in the galaxy, and brought to Earth by a comet 4 billion years ago.  The theory that human […]

A team of international scientists studying the Universe have concluded officially that the Universe is dying. According to Scientific American: “We used as many space- and ground-based telescopes as we could get our hands on […]

As the movement to “green-ify” the globe presses forward, a hotel in Singapore has taken the idea to a whole new level. According to Yahoo! News: Every year, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban […]