World / Science & Health Dec 3, 2021
Hot little planet as dense as iron zips around red dwarf star
Scientists are eager to find exoplanets — as these alien worlds are known — to look for good candidates that may nurture extraterrestrial life.
National / History Nov 15, 2021
Japanese-Korean-Turkish language group traced to farmers in ancient China
Various descended languages and peoples are thought to have spread across an area of some 8,000 kilometers.
World / Science & Health Mar 5, 2021
'Super-Earth' may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds
Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system that may offer a prime opportunity to study the atmosphere of a rocky Earth-like alien world — the type of research that could aid the hunt for extraterrestrial life. The researchers said ...
World / Politics Aug 23, 2019
U.S. billionaire industrialist and conservative donor David Koch dies at 79
Billionaire industrialist David Koch, a driving force behind conglomerate Koch Industries who as one of the world's richest people became a major financier of conservative causes and political candidates, has died at age 79, his brother said on Friday. Charles Koch, Koch Industries Inc's chairman, ...
National / Science & Health Feb 8, 2019
Mirror test in Japanese study suggests self-awareness in fish, raising questions about animal intelligence
Small tropical reef fish were able to recognize themselves in a mirror, scientists said Thursday, in a finding that raises provocative questions about assessing self-awareness and cognitive abilities in animals. The study involved experiments in which the bluestreak cleaner wrasse was subject to a mirror ...
World / Science & Health Jul 20, 2018
Ghostly neutrinos offer new view of universe as scientists find deep-space source
A breakthrough in the study of ghostly particles called high-energy neutrinos that traverse space, zipping unimpeded through people, planets and whole galaxies, is giving scientists an audacious new way to expand our understanding of the cosmos. Researchers say that for the first time they have ...
World / Science & Health Mar 12, 2016
Amber-entombed flower may have been toxic
Do not let its beauty fool you. A newly identified and exquisitely preserved flower found entombed in amber — fossilized tree sap — may have packed quite a punch. Scientists announced recently the discovery of the flower that lived 20 million to 30 million years ...
World / Science & Health Mar 28, 2015
Ancient croc ruled North America before dinosaurs
The "Carolina butcher" has been found and is just as scary as the name suggests. Scientists on March 19 said they had unearthed fossils in North Carolina of a big land-dwelling croc that lived about 231 million years ago, walked on its hind legs and ...
World / Science & Health Feb 28, 2015
Animal body sizes tend to increase in over time
Renowned 19th-century American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope proposed "Cope's Rule," hypothesizing that animal lineages tend to increase in body size over time. The dinosaur fossils he dug up in the American West seemed to bear this out. However, Cope was not infallible. In a mistake ...
World / Science & Health Dec 27, 2014
Plastic debris damages marine environment
There are plastic shopping bags, bottles, toys, action figures, bottle caps, pacifiers, tooth brushes, boots, buckets, deodorant roller balls, umbrella handles, fishing gear, toilet seats and so much more. Plastic pollution is pervasive in Earth's oceans. Researchers recently unveiled what they called the most scientifically ...