Sci/Environment

A Korean couple who work as professors at two prestigious U.S. universities have identified the bacteria responsible for causing autism.  The couple found that certain bacteria in the mother’s digestive tract can lead to a […]

NASA’s 20-year-old $4 billion probe to explore the mysterious of the cosmos by sending the Cassini spacecraft to the gas giant Saturn has finished in a fireball. The Cassini probe, launched on October 15, 1997, […]

Scientists from the Duke Cancer Institute in North Carolina have discovered a way to destroy cancer cells using a naturally-occuring molecule.  In a new study examining the Warburg effect (a process in which cancer cells […]

In an apparent effort to control mosquito populations following Hurricane Harvey, the Pentagon has announced that they plan to spray 6 million acres across Eastern Texas. The Pentagon said that it had dispatched C-130H Sprayers […]

Scientists have unveiled a new gene engineering technique that they say allows them to grow human organs in a lab for transplants.   Researchers from the University of Southampton in the UK say they have […]

Iran have announced plans to send a human into space by the year 2025, in what marks an historic technological leap forward for the Iranian Space Agency. The head of Iran’s Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) […]

We’re currently going through a solar minimum – a period where the sun tends to have less activity. Despite this, the sun has suddenly picked up intense activity over the last few days, baffling scientists. […]

Enormous 1,300 feet holes have opened up in one Europe’s biggest glaciers, sparking fears that another major eruption is about to rock Iceland. Vatnajokull is spread out over 8% of Iceland and spans many volcanoes. […]

Contamination from microplastic has been found in tap water around the world, leading scientists to calls for urgent research on the implications for human health. Researchers for the study, which was conducted by Orb and […]