The coronavirus pandemic has created a major plastic problem with nearly 130 billion facemasks being used globally every month. To prevent landfills from overflowing, scientists are working on novel ways to use the masks. Recently, a research team found that the discarded items can be mixed with...
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Scientists fear that climate change is threatening the existence of Antarctica’s endemic emperor penguins. A study last year found that warming temperatures and the melting sea ice could result in 98 percent of the penguin species disappearing by 2100. To prevent this extinction event, researchers at Woods...
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A new study found that women living in a northern Dutch village in the 19th century largely gave up breastfeeding, a development that surprised researchers, New Scientist reported. For the study, scientists analyzed the bones of around 500 people who died between 1830 to 1864 in...
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For a spider, mating is a matter of life and death. Female spiders often devour their male partners before, during or after mating. But male orb-weaving spiders have developed an effective love-'em-and-leave-'em strategy to avoid becoming the main course, according to Agence France-Presse. Scientists recently discovered that...
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Sun rays could be the remedy to help tumor-afflicted sea turtles recover, New Atlas reported. Green sea turtles are prone to fibropapillomatosis, a disease characterized by tumors growing on various parts of the body and associated with the herpes virus. Even so, scientists have warned that...
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Egyptian archaeologists recently discovered the ruins of a temple dedicated to the ancient Greek god Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, the Associated Press reported. Known as the Zeus-Kasios temple, the ancient structure was named after the mythological Greek god of the sky and Syria’s Mount Kasios...
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People can sometimes develop feelings of being a fraud and inadequate when starting a new job – a phenomenon described as “imposter syndrome.” The syndrome can be very debilitating to a person’s self-esteem, but a study found there are some positive sides to the condition, according...
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Australia’s dingoes look like dogs but have no strong relation with the domesticated canine, according to a new genetic study. Scientists found that the dingo’s genome is very different from that of dog breeds and that the canine species have never been domesticated, New Scientist reported. Dingoes...
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NASA scientists are planning to beam a new message across the Milky Way galaxy in the hope of making contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings, the Guardian reported. The “Beacon in the Galaxy” will include simple principles of communication, a few basic concepts about mathematics and physics,...
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Scientists found that individuals can better navigate environments that are topologically similar to where they grew up, Science Alert reported. In their paper, researchers collected data from almost 400,000 people from 38 countries who had played the videogame Sea Hero Quest, a wayfinding game that also...
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Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote about a financial crisis that was afflicting Rome during the 1st century BCE. In his essay, he described the crisis as one where “the coinage was being tossed around so that no one was able to know what he had.” Historians...
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Selfies are distorting the images people see of themselves and are prompting them to undergo unnecessary cosmetic surgery, the Telegraph reported. In a new study, researchers at the University of Texas took photos of 30 volunteers using different camera devices to analyze how the images differed. They...
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Flying pterosaurs soared through the skies of what is now Chile more than 100 million years ago, according to a discovery in the Atacama Desert. An archaeological team came across a peculiar cemetery holding the well-preserved bones of the ancient reptiles, which they described as a...
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An international research team developed a novel system that can store solar energy in liquid form for 18 years and release it when needed, the Independent reported. Named molecular solar thermal energy storage (MOST), the technology uses a specially designed molecule of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen,...
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Birds and bees play a major role in the makings of a great cup of coffee, Daily Mail reported. Researchers wrote in a new study that the coffee beans are bigger and the plants produce more when birds and bees cooperate to pollinate and protect the...
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The world’s oceans remain unexplored and marine scientists often find new species lurking in its depths. Recently, a research team came across thousands of new virus species that did not belong to any of the currently documented phyla, or divisions, USA Today reported. In their study, the...
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In 1863, a powerful storm around Cape Cod revealed the wreckage of a legendary long-lost ship believed to be the oldest remains of a vessel that sailed during Colonial America. But uncertainty surrounded the origins of the Sparrow-Hawk which sank around 1626. Recently, a thorough study of...
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Future communication in the Martian atmosphere will not be the same as that on Earth, according to a new study. Scientists discovered that the speed of sound travels more slowly on the red planet while “mostly, a deep silence prevails," CNET reported. Researchers used sound recordings from...
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A new study discovered that fungi can talk in a manner similar to humans, the Guardian reported. Past research has shown that fungi send electrical impulses via long, underground filamentous structures called hyphae. Scientists have theorized that the organisms use this ability to share information about...
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Falcons are among Qatar’s most pampered residents and even have their own hospital, according to the Associated Press. The Souq Waqif clinic, located in the capital of Doha, is a state-of-the-art hospital that offers a variety of services exclusively to falcons. Equipped with radiology and operating...
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