Category: 7. Science

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway comet passing through our solar system from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometres per second, just over double Earth’s speed around the Sun.

Imagine if it had been…

In a study published…

A new study recently released found more than half the world’s coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming.

Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a three-year period found 51% of…

Small differences in a newborn’s fingers may carry surprising clues about early brain growth. A new study finds that boys with certain finger-length patterns tend to be born with larger head circumferences.

This pattern suggests that hormone…

Earthquakes that jiggle Earth’s middle layer may be more widespread than scientists thought.

A new map of these mysterious deep earthquakes shows that they occur all around the world and that they may have a variety of causes. That’s…

A new analysis suggests parts of Earth’s climate system may be approaching dangerous tipping points sooner than scientists once expected.

The concern is that once certain thresholds are crossed, powerful feedback loops could accelerate warming…

Last year, NASA’s Curiosity rover made a fascinating discovery after boring into a suspected ancient lake bed on Mars: long-chain organic molecules, called alkanes, that could serve as a potential chemical relic of ancient life on the Red…

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