Sci/Environment

A leading earthquake scientist has said that the San Andreas fault in Southern California is ready to blow any day now. According to Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, the San Andreas fault […]

Astronomers at Stanford University in California have finally found evidence for the existence of elusive dark matter – something that was, until recently, considered just hypothetical.  Dark matter accounts for approximately 27% of the mass and […]

A new scientific study claims that water may be responsible for carving out the dark streaks seen on the surface of Mars.  Raw Story reports: A team from France, Britain and the United States constructed […]

The US have granted a biotech company permission to regenerate the brains of dead people, in a groundbreaking new trial set to begin this year.  Bioquark Inc. are looking for 20 patients who have been […]

The usually peaceful citizens of Vietnam have taken to the streets in protest against the worryingly high numbers of fish that have washed up dead on Vietnam’s shores without an official explanation from authorities.  Over 50 […]

Astronomers have discovered three Earth-like planets orbiting in the “habitable zone” of a small and faint dwarf star, 40 light-years from Earth.  Sputnik reports: Three exoplanets resembling Earth have been discovered orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf […]

The true Satoshi Nakamoto has briefly stepped out of the shadows taking credit for Bitcoin before quickly retreating back into it. The creator of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin has revealed himself to the world.  Australian Craig […]

The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Southern Japan erupted with a blast after an unusual ‘silent’ period in the wake of the island’s recent earthquakes. Sakurajima, which is located 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Sendai […]

Australia plans to spend 15 million dollars in a bid to exterminate European carp by releasing a strain of herpes virus into the country’s largest waterway. Tuesday’s federal budget will include funding for the clearing […]

Scientists believe that the widespread use of pesticides such as neonicotinoids are not only harmful to bees and other pollinators, but also to humans. Although neonics are used to target invertebrates, there is mounting evidence […]