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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Dead Sea secrets revealed: Scientists explain why salt crystals pile up in the Dead Sea

For a couple of decades now, scientists and researchers have noticed a peculiar phenomenon occurring in the depths of the Dead Sea: salt snow. Scientists first noticed it in 1979 – they observed salt crystals forming on the surface of the famed lake, before “snowing” down and piling up on the lake bed. The deposits […]

03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Construction site turned dinosaur dig: Workers unearth 68-million-year-old Triceratops fossil

What started out as a simple construction job turned into a mission to find, document and retrieve the remains of a prehistoric giant. Builders tasked with excavating a site near a retirement community in Denver, Colorado, stumbled upon a partial skeleton, which was later identified by paleontologists as that of a large adult Triceratops. According […]

03/01/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

Researchers discover huge freshwater pocket off the East Coast, beneath the sea coast

Off the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers have found a gigantic freshwater aquifer hiding underneath the Atlantic ocean. An aquifer is an underground layer of water. This particular aquifer’s exact size is still unclear, but the researchers believe it has the potential to be the largest known aquifer to date. For comparison, the largest currently known […]

02/28/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Large reservoirs of “fire ice” beneath the ocean can potentially trigger devastating disasters if released

Locked deep beneath our oceans, according to scientists, are deposits of frozen methane. Dubbed “fire ice,” these deposits, once released, can trigger large-scale natural catastrophes such as tsunamis and landslides – and scientists and experts currently have no idea how much of these fire ice deposits exist. According to Ann Cook, an associate professor in […]

02/27/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Researchers “shed light” on plants’ circadian clocks: Findings could be used to improve future crops

Every person has a circadian clock, an invisible internal mechanism synchronized with solar time. This “clock,” according to the National Sleep Foundation, drives a person’s circadian rhythm, which regulates daily sleep-wake cycles. As it turns out, even plants have one, too. First discovered in 1729 by French geophysicist and chronobiologist Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan after […]

02/26/2020 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez

Applying biofertilizers can increase growth of Panax ginseng

Researchers from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences analyzed the changes in soil microbial communities under biofertilizer treatment and evaluated the effects of biofertilizers on potentially harmful taxa to Panax ginseng. The results of their study were published in the journal Chinese Medicine. P. ginseng is widely used as a functional food and traditional Chinese medicine. […]

02/24/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Worst extinction since the dinosaurs: Total biomass of flying insects down by a staggering 76%, warn German researchers

We are in the middle of an extinction phase. The animals in danger of extermination? Flying insects. This is according to entomology enthusiast Martin Sorg, president of the Amateur Entomology Society of Krefeld, who, over the last 37 years, collected 80 million insects from the German countryside. And while the Society’s collection is considered a […]

02/24/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Flesh-eating bacteria spread in Delaware Bay: Victims went crabbing or consumed seafood from the area, warn experts

The waters off the coast of Delaware and New Jersey aren’t just the perfect environment for crabs and other shellfish – they’re also fast becoming the perfect home for flesh-eating bacteria. This is according to a report made by researchers and medical and healthcare professionals at Cooper University Hospital in New Jersey, who saw a […]

02/20/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Consuming fatty fish free from environmental pollutants can help lower risk of Type 2 diabetes

There’s a good reason why oily and fatty fish are considered some of the best foods to add to your diet: they’re not only packed with essential nutrients, they’re also a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are considered to be the healthy kind of fats, unlike the artery-clogging saturated fats in most meats […]

02/18/2020 / By Arsenio Toledo

New study reveals true extent of toxic oil spill from Deepwater Horizon disaster

New research published on Wednesday, February 12, in the journal Science Advances reveals that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is larger than previous studies showed. The oil spill was found to have spread farther than previously estimated, but it was not discovered until recently because much of the oil was invisible to satellite imagery. The study was […]

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