Old Weather Reports Digitized to Study Current Weather Conditions Posted January 25, 2018 Researchers collected the United Kingdom’s old weather reports and started digitizing them to explain the current weather conditions. In 1883, a group of UK me…
LED Use Contributes to Light Pollution Posted January 21, 2018 Light pollution has intensified because of pervasive use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LEDs are a light source widely used for energy-saving benefits such a…
Scientists Release Second Warning on Earth’s Environmental State Posted January 15, 2018 Scientists have released a second warning about the environment’s current state by means of an online journal. In 1992, a group of scientists published a lette…
India Fights Pollution by Alternating Car Use Posted January 10, 2018 Last November, the Indian capital of Delhi re-implemented car rationing to curb pollution in the city. Car rationing, also known as the odd-even scheme, is a s…
Newly Discovered Orangutan Species Found Endangered Posted December 31, 2017 Researchers have discovered a new orangutan species in Indonesia and classified it as endangered. In 2013, researchers stationed at Batang Toru in Indonesia came across a male …
Object Suspected to Come from Outside the Solar System Flies near Earth Posted December 25, 2017 A mysterious object suspected to be our solar system’s first interstellar visitor hurtled past Earth last October. The object was discovered b…
Whales and Dolphins Have Human-Like Social Behaviors Posted December 14, 2017 Dolphins and whales socialize like humans, research has found. Researchers from Manchester University examined 90 species of cetaceans / sɪˈteɪ ʃə…
Facial Contrast Makes Women Look Younger, Study Finds Posted December 7, 2017 A study has found that facial contrast is a major factor in one’s perception of a person’s age. A group of French and American researchers hypothesized that the correlation bet…
Massive Fires Hit California in October Posted December 5, 2017 Massive wildfires raged in California in October, which took more than two weeks to be contained. Thousands of firefighters worked together to…
Pesticide Neonicotinoid Puts Bee Populations at Risk Posted November 26, 2017 A group of Swiss scientists discovered that the pesticide neonicotinoid has lethal effects on bees. A study published last October in the journal Science examined almo…