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New Ferocious Dinosaur Species Discovered in South America

Top carnivorous predators the size of houses represented something pretty common on our planet until about 60 million years ago. But it’s exciting that even today, palaeontologists are discovering remnants of such merciless beasts. As NPR.org writes, a group of…

April 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

What Constitutes As Medical Malpractice?

Realistically speaking, doctors and other healthcare professionals are just humans, which is why they’re also capable of making mistakes. This may have something to do with the entire concept of medical malpractice. In most cases, when someone is injured by…

April 8, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Readheads Have A Higher Pain Tolerance Than Blondes Or Brunettes

Ginger people have a higher pain threshold than blondes and brunettes, and a recent study found a reason why that happens. It turned out that the skin cells that determine a person’s pigmentation, known as melanocytes, are crucial in deciding…

April 7, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Scientists Find Evidence of Asteroid’s Fiery Effect Over Antarctica

Asteroids hitting the Earth are rare and for several reasons. First of all, most of the big rocks that start hurtling through our Solar System crash into the Sun and Jupiter. Bigger space objects mean stronger gravity, and our planet…

April 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Outstanding Discovery Made By NASA: Flickering Double Quasars

The good old Hubble Space Telescope is once again searching for the big and bright stuff across the Universe. It’s almost as NASA and the European Space Agency are planning to keep the 31-year-old telescope in the Earth’s orbit forever.…

April 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Scientists Discovered Genetically Unique, Peculiar “Falgae” In Cornwall

The captivating red algal species called Phymatolithon calcareum clumps together to shape habitats known as maerl beds in coastal areas across the northeastern region of the Atlantic, but researchers have found a pocket of the algae close to Cornwall in…

April 6, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Los Angeles Faces Earthquake

The US Geological Survey announced that the Lennox area of Los Angeles County had to face a new earthquake occurring on Monday. The jolt took place at a depth of 19.9 km, and it was recorded at 4:44 a.m. PT…

April 6, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Peculiar Rumblings Coming From Mars’ Interior Point to a Mysterious Form of Energy

Even today, at more than four hundred years since Galileo Galilei first saw it by telescope, planet Mars continues to amaze the astronomers. The InSight lander (The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) was launched by NASA…

April 4, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

NASA Prepares to Launch Spacecraft for Pushing Away Dangerous Asteroids

It’s only a matter of time until a Chicxulub 2.0 impactor will pose a threat to Earth and to all of its life forms. That’s how the dinosaurs got extinct about 60 million years ago. Many astronomers and scientists, in…

April 4, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Quakes Are Jolting Mars, Leaving Astronomers Puzzled

Many phenomenons that we are all familiar with on Earth can also be found on other planets, and the same goes for seismic activities. The Mars InSight lander of NASA recently detected two significant quakes occurring on the Red Planet,…

April 3, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

X-Rays Are Coming From Unexpected Place in Our Solar System

X-rays, the penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, can have their origin in natural sources, such as radioactive elements from our planet, cosmic rays, and so on. But as things always go in nature, the Universe is there to surprise…

April 2, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Sweden’s Space Agency Cancels The Project Funded By Bill Gates to Dim the Sun

Climate change is a reality that nobody can deny, and drastic times call for drastic measures. This is what seems to had been in Bill Gates’s mind, as the billionaire wanted to start funding a geoengineering experiment of Sweden’s space…

April 2, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The Pros and Cons of Telemedicine

Even before the pandemic, an increasing number of clinics, doctor’s offices, psychiatrists, and hospitals were offering telemedicine options for patient care. Due to COVID-19, the number of facilities offering these services skyrocketed. Though the pandemic has begun to slow down…

April 2, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Impressive Interstellar Comet Originates From A System Full Of Giant Planets

An interstellar comet that entered our solar system approximately two years ago keeps on giving its secrets! Researchers found out that the comet, called 2l/Borisov, is in a more pristine and unaltered state than any of the previously observed comets…

April 1, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Scientists Prove How Technology Can Save Humans From Shark Attacks

As the number of shark bite instances increases in Australia, scientists claim that using personal electronic deterrents can effectively help ward off future deaths and injuries that may save the lives of up to 1063 Australians along the coastline over…

April 1, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0