Sci/Environment

A new study indicates that the mere presence of your smartphone close by, even if it’s switched off, reduces cognitive skills. A team of researchers from the McCombs School of Business at University of Texas – Austin have published a […]

Scientists at the University of Arizona believe they have spotted the elusive ‘Planet X’ orbiting the sun in our solar system.  According to researchers with the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Planet X is between Mars and […]

Scientists think orcas are making a quick lunch out of great white sharks in South Africa, where the bad-ass fish keep showing up on beaches with their organs precisely removed. Orcas may be blamed for the reoccurring phenomenon, […]

Scientists believe that memory is found in a structure of the brain that is responsible for the transmission of chemical and electrical signals, and by manipulating it they can make certain memories history. Researchers have pinpointed […]

Big Brother is poised to keep an eye out on earthlings while orbiting the planet in the form of thousands of tiny inexpensive satellites. Micro-satellites are the future of so-called ‘intelligence’ and ‘security’ but their […]

Monsanto plans to take over the marijuana industry by using genetic engineering as a weapon against independent cannabis suppliers, pushing them out of business in the same way they put soy and corn industries out […]

An asteroid striking the Earth on Easter Sunday 2036 could result in millions of deaths worldwide, according to scientists.  According to astronomers in Russia, the 300-yard-wide Apophis asteroid could collide with Earth in 25 years’ time on April 13, […]

According to a groundbreaking new study, people in positions of authority suffer brain damage as a result of their rise to power.  The saying that “power corrupts,” is actually scientifically accurate, according to neuroscientists who have […]

An unusually large number of powerful earthquakes have struck Yellowstone in the last 48 hours, causing scientists to fear that the supervolcano is about to erupt. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) over 60 […]

A federal judge has put the future operations of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in question. In a ruling considered a victory by water protectors on Wednesday, a federal judge ordered the Army Corps […]