Science & Environment

Commercial space flights closer than you think
Richard Branson is bringing commercial space travel closer to you with his company Virgin Galactic, following a thi...

The truth about Piranhas
Piranhas have always been in the spotlight for the danger they apparently pose to humans. Movies depicting Piranhas ...

Giant squid found just off the coast of Japan
A giant squid was found in the fishing net of fisherman Shigenori Goto just off the coast of...

Air pollution in China is causing havoc
Air pollution in China has become so serious that one school for expatriate children has sea...

Photo credit: C. Pulliam and D. Aguilar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Gassy exoplanet has Earth-like mass
A newly discovered planet was announced by scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, documented as "a gassy planet with an Earth-like mass". The planet KOI-314c is approximately 200 light years away from Earth and orbits a red dwarf star, belonging to a different spectral class. Planet KOI-314c has a complete orbit in only 23 Earth d...

Photo credit: Jesús Gómez/Guerrero Negro Verde

Conjoined gray whales discovered off the coast of Me...
Mexican researchers have discovered conjoined gray whale twins in Laguna Ojo de Liebre, just off the Pacific Ocean near Baja California Sur. The whales were deceased on discovery. Whale twins are rare, but conjoined twins are exceptional, unfortunately the twins seemed to be the product of a miscarriage as they were under-developed. The whales were co...

3D printed sweets and chocolates
US Company "3D Systems" has been showing off their new 3D printing machines at the Las Vegas CES. The machines make sweets and chocolates in shapes that would otherwise be difficult or near-impossible. 2 machines will be available: Chefjet and Chefjet Pro. The Chefjet is limited to creating monochrome sweets, whilst the pro can handle multi-coloured crea...

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