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Climate Change Makes Women Give Birth To More Male Newborns

Well, undoubtedly, climate change is influencing our lives. Global warming and extreme weather phenomena are already a significant part of modern days. However, climate change might also make women give birth to more male newborns, as a new study revealed.…

January 25, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Mysterious Slope Streaks on Mars Are Still Puzzling The Scientists

Back in the 1970s, the Viking missions observed, for the first time in history, the slope streaks that occur on Mars from time to time. Now, approximately 50 years later, these mysterious slope streaks on Mars are still puzzling the…

January 23, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Osteoarthritis Treatments, Revealed During A Genetic Study

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, GSK, and their collaborators carried out the most comprehensive genetic study of osteoarthritis to date. In the research, the scientists noticed that 52 new genetic changes are connected to the condition. To reach those findings, the researchers…

January 22, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Cerebellum Is Influencing Addictive and Social Behavior

In a recent study issued yesterday in the journal Science, the researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, revealed, for the first time, that the cerebellum is influencing addictive and social behavior. As the scientists reported, the…

January 18, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Concussion Research Reached A New Milestone As Scientists Made New Achievement

The concussion research reached a new milestone as the scientists made new achievement in the study of the effects of concussions. A joint team of scientists from Canada and the United States, including researchers from the Simon Fraser University, are…

January 17, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Ancient Human Found in China Presents Modern Dental Growth

An international team of scientists, headed by Chinese scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at Chinese Academy of Sciences, in a new study, revealed that a 104,000-year-old ancient human found in China, in the northern part of the…

January 17, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Mars Minerals Research, Now Funded by The Canadian Space Agency

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) put up a team of scientists, headed by a Western University professor, and funded the respective researchers to conduct reliable Mars minerals research. CSA want the scientists to develop the necessary instruments and tools for better analyze mineral…

January 16, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

What Is Legionella Bacteria and Why Is It Dangerous?

Bacteria exists everywhere, and not coming in contact with it is impossible. There are many who lead to people getting sick, thus having to go through medication and treatment. One such bacteria is Legionella, which was first discovered back in…

January 16, 2019 · by Asheley Rice · 0

NASA’s TESS Exoplanets Hunter Detected A New Sub-Neptune Gaseous Planet

In the vicinity of our Solar System, about 53 light years away from us, NASA’s TESS, the famous exoplanets hunter launched about three months ago, spotted a new, exciting planet. The distant world that TESS identified is a sub-Neptune exoplanet by…

January 15, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

SpaceX Private Space Company Would Lay Off 10 Percent of Its Employees

Despite the sustained launches and deep space mission that SpaceX has under development as we speak, the Elon Musk’s private space company is announcing that it will lay off 10% of its workforce. SpaceX, which is headed by Elon Musk,…

January 14, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Extra Belly Fat Causes The Brain To Shrink, A New Study Revealed

Overweight people are, as we already know, exposed to many health issues, including heart disorders, among others. However, more surprising than any of the overweight’s harmful consequences, extra belly fat causes the brain to shrink, as reported in a new study.…

January 10, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

The Sun Would Become A Solid Crystal After Its Death

Years after our star’s fusion has faded away and it would have cooled down, the Sun would become a solid crystal after its death, joining the billion of such space bodies, scattered all over the Universe. In a recent study,…

January 10, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Triggered A One-Mile-High Tsunami

A group of US researchers discovered that the asteroid that caused the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago generated a one-mile-high tsunami that traveled across the entire planet. The team of scientists from the University of Michigan’s Department of…

January 9, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Exoplanet, Found By Spanish Scientists

Spanish scientists discovered an exoplanet of the so-called super-Earth type. It is by 2.1 times larger than the Earth and orbits its host star, a red dwarf, within the habitability zone, also known as the Goldilocks zone. According to the researchers, this…

January 9, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Breathtaking Sights: The Grand Canyon Covered In Snow

Tourists who visited New Mexico or Arizona this time of the year witnessed an amazing view. While these states are known for their hot temperatures, it appears that this winter got the best of them. Snowfall managed to cover the…

January 8, 2019 · by Asheley Rice · 0