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100 million black holes in Milky Way galaxy, new study says | |
| David Sims - Aug 11, 2017 | ||
| The number of black holes of a certain mass per galaxy depends on the size of the galaxy, says co-author Manoj Kaplinghat, a UCI professor of physics and astronomy. | ||
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Milky Way covered in 100 million black holes, study reports | |
| Clint Huston - Aug 11, 2017 | ||
| While scientists have long known there are many holes throughout the reaches of the space, they did not expect to find as many as they did. | ||
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Gigantic titanosaur was largest dinosaur to ever live | |
| Jeremy Morrow - Aug 11, 2017 | ||
| In 2013, a shepherd in the Argentinian desert stumbled on an enormous fossil bone sticking out of a rock. When experts examined the find, they discovered the remains belonged to what was the biggest dinosaur ever unearthed. | ||
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Saturn's moon Titan may have even more essential ingredients for life | |
| David Sims - Aug 09, 2017 | ||
| In addition, researchers used data from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chili to find traces of vinyl cyanide in Titan's atmosphere. | ||
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Puppies with loving mothers make poor guide dogs, study reports | |
| Harry Marcolis - Aug 09, 2017 | ||
| To answer that, the team analyzed 98 puppies that were eventually put into a guide dog program. During the study, the young canines were kept in towel-lined kiddie pools. | ||
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Nanochip can grow new organ tissue and heal injuries | |
| Josh Curlee - Aug 09, 2017 | ||
| Growing new organs in a lab is a feat that medicine cannot yet do, but an Ohio State University research team thinks it has found a way to program the human body's own cells to grow new organ tissue on its own. | ||
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Global temperatures to increase by more than 2 degrees this century, study suggests | |
| Mark Schwartz - Aug 03, 2017 | ||
| This well exceeds the target set by the 2016 Paris Agreement of 1.5 degrees Celsius. | ||
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Water bear DNA unlocks secrets of survival in extreme conditions | |
| James Smith - Aug 01, 2017 | ||
| The scientists found that tardigrades and nematodes were missing the same five HOX genes, which are responsible for setting the nose-to-tail pattern in embryos . | ||
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Officials investigating shocking video of boat dragging shark | |
| Ian Marsh - Aug 01, 2017 | ||
| Florida conservation officials are investigating a video posted on Instagram Monday showing a group of laughing people on board a speeding boat dragging a shark by its tail on a rope. | ||
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Sperm counts way down in Western males, study finds | |
| Jason Spencer - Aug 01, 2017 | ||
| Scientists who looked at sperm counts of men from North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand find that sperm count and sperm concentration have sharply declined over about a 40-year period. | ||
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Dogs' fondness for humans has genetic basis, new study says | |
| Cliff Mooneyham - Jul 26, 2017 | ||
| Unique genetic insertions, called transposons, on the Williams-Beuren syndrome critical regions (WBSCR) were strongly associated with social traits, such as seeking out humans for physical contact. | ||
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Moon wetter than previously thought | |
| Mae Owen - Jul 25, 2017 | ||
| Earth's Moon may look bone-dry, but new satellite data indicates large volumes of water "hotspots" trapped within the lunar dust. | ||
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Gigantic ocean sunfish is first new species found in over 100 years | |
| Jason Spencer - Jul 25, 2017 | ||
| A team of scientists has identified a fourth ocean sunfish species -- making it the first new sunfish species to be discovered in 130 years. | ||
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Nearly all former pro football players had brain injury, new study shows | |
| Jeremy Morrow - Jul 25, 2017 | ||
| In all, the researchers looked at 202 brains that belonged to football players at all levels. CTE was present in 87 percent. | ||
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California farmers replace workers with robots | |
| Mae Owen - Jul 25, 2017 | ||
| So as the existing pool of laborers grows older and more of them retire, not enough new immigrant workers are arriving to replace them. | ||
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Ravens can plan ahead, say researchers | |
| James Carlin - Jul 18, 2017 | ||
| Researchers in Sweden have found that ravens are even smarter than anybody thought, according to a new study published in the journal Science. | ||
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Enormous iceberg breaks off from Antarctica | |
| Carmelo Sheppard - Jul 14, 2017 | ||
| A massive iceberg that scientists have been predicting would separate from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica has finally proved them right, according to an announcement by researchers Wednesday. | ||
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Sixth mass extinction has begun, say scientists | |
| Jason Spencer - Jul 14, 2017 | ||
| The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | ||
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California struggles to contain wildfires | |
| Chad Young - Jul 11, 2017 | ||
| A pair of wildfires raging in California since Saturday still threaten hundreds of homes and have forced the evacuation of a popular lakeside resort. | ||
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New pathogen threatens half of world's olive oil supply | |
| Mae Owen - Jul 10, 2017 | ||
| The pathogen, a bacterium called Xylella fastidiosa, turned up in a sample of 17 almond trees in eastern Valencia, according to Elena Cebrian, a local agricultural official. | ||
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G-20 countries continue to over-invest in fossil fuels, despite climate deal | |
| Lucas Rowe - Jul 08, 2017 | ||
| The report tallied up loans, grants, insurance, and all types of public funding that the nations' governments provide to their energy sectors. | ||
