Sci/Environment

The Dutch government has announced it will allow researchers to grow human embryos “under strict and limited conditions” for scientific research. The Netherlands will change its laws on embryonic research, which had until now only […]

NASA have revealed that a huge hole has appeared on the Sun, which covers a staggering ten percent of its entire surface.  Footage captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory between May 17 and 19 shows […]

An Australian town is in a “state of emergency” because it has been overtaken by a swarm of 100,000 bats. The bats arrived in the aptly named Batemans Bay, located to the south of Sydney […]

A Lykoi or “Werewolf Cat” has been found under a bush in South Africa. The rare kitten, one of only 35 in the world was found by the Tears Animal Rescue feral cat team hiding under a […]

A functioning 3D-printed office building opened in Dubai this week. The futuristic looking building took 17 days to print and 2 days to install, at a cost of US$140,000. Ubergizmo reports: According to a report […]

The US could soon become the first country to approve the commercial use of a bacterium to fight the spread of mosquito borne viruses such as Zika. The strategy involves infecting mosquitoes with the bacterium […]

Scientists from Harvard University say they have found evidence that an ancient Earth exists within our planet.  According to a team of researchers, a previously unexplained isotopic ratio from within the Earth may be leftover […]

Scientists have confirmed that in 2017 a mysterious ‘alien probe’ object will pass by the Earth, leaving them baffled as to its origin.  Scientists studying the approaching object say its continued speed does not make […]

Evidence and facts have emerged regarding what the “extreme austerity measures to combat climate change” that the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Obama administration and other environmental groups want enforced will actually do to the […]

Four elephants, including two calves, were killed by lightning in northern Sri Lanka earlier this month Officials called it one of the worst wildlife tragedies to hit the country in years. The Economic Times reports: […]