TourismGalápagos National Park, Ecuador The islands of the Galápagos National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Galápagos) are located about 500 miles (926 kilometers) west of Ecuador. Ecuador’s first national park…
AstronomyWatch Chris Hadfield Gleefully Test Drive a Lunar Rover through Death Valley Chris Hadfield is reliving all of our wildest astronaut dreams by driving a full-scale lunar rover across Death Valley in preparation for the rover’s future…
Plants and AnimalsSpiders Hunt in Packs by Listening For Comrades Attacking Struggling Prey Only a few spiders hunt in groups, but scientists have yet to figure out how they coordinated their movements to take down such large prey.…
Plants and AnimalsSmuggler Tries Crossing US Border With 52 Live Reptiles Stuffed In His Clothes According to US Customs and Border Protection, a 30-year-old guy was apprehended after attempting to cross the US border wearing clothing loaded to the brim…
Plants and AnimalsScientists Investigate 300-Year-Old Mummified Mermaid Said To Be Caught In The 1700s A study team has begun work on a “mermaid mummy,” a strange-looking creature (or animals) claimed to have been captured in a fishing net off…
Plants and AnimalsSame-Sex Parenting In the Animal Kingdom – How Common Is It When it comes to parenting in humans, anything goes. Since “nuclear family or bust,” family structures have gone a long way. To mention a few…
Plants and AnimalsPigs’ Grunts and Squeals Have Been Translated To Reveal Their Emotions Thanks to a novel algorithm that decodes the animals’ vocalizations to show their emotional condition, scientists have finally learnt to speak pig. The authors of…
AstronomyOrbits around Supermassive Black Holes Might Be Like a Giant Game of Billiards There is a supermassive black hole at the heart of practically every galaxy, weighing millions, if not billions, of times the mass of our Sun.…
TechnologyMeta Allows Death Threats against Russian Soldiers and Putin in Some Countries In a startling and contentious move by parent company Meta, users in some countries will be able to advocate for violence against Russian military and…
HealthA New Therapy procedure for Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Many head and neck cancers are curable, especially if detected early. Although the major goal of treatment is to eliminate cancer, it is equally critical…
AstronomyKepler-69c – a Super-Earth Extrasolar Planet Kepler-69c is a super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It’s a verified super-Earth extrasolar planet, most likely rocky, circling the Sun-like…
HealthEpigenetic Alterations can Predict Type 1 Diabetes Although genetics plays a significant part in determining a person’s risk of acquiring type 1 diabetes, environmental and lifestyle variables also play a role. A…