It was between 5 and 7 million years ago, the most recent common ancestor of humans and their closest ape relatives — the chimpanzees, lived. Scientists at Arizona State and Penn State Universities have proposed these new limits on the time. Compared..
The ‘One Laptop Per Child’ proposal is continuously kicking up controversies. Keeping aside the questions about its necessity, arguments about its configuration, or push-back about whether it’s really even possible – did one imagine the explosion…
Scientists have been warning these days that global warming due to pollutants may lead to the rise in sea level and other environmental disasters. But, a new finding has defied this concept claiming that future rises in sea level and other…
An extraordinary fungus has been discovered in the Dead Sea. But, how does it manage to thrive in such super-salty atmosphere? Once this mystery is decoded, it may open up new genetic approaches to creating crops that can tolerate saline soils. The…
Drinking water in 42 states in the US may be more polluted then what it was with only H20 and fluoride. This has been recorded after an analysis by an environmental group has been made. 141 unregulated chemicals and an additional 119 are found by a…
The perennially frozen soil across the Northern Hemisphere will no more be the same. The top 10 feet (3 meters) or more of may be decimated. And global warming is to be blamed for it. Call it catastrophe or cataclysm, if it happens, the phenomenon will.
It’s plump, purple, and its ancestors probably lived among dinosaurs 175 million years ago! It’s a new species of frog. Doesn’t it sound and look ugly and peculiar? Yes, it has a bloated body with smooth, blackish purple skin. The frog’s pointed snout…
As a threat emanating from global warming, scientists feared that there will be a mass extinction of several species, which will be replaced by another vast array of dominant species. Its not generations away to witness this dreadful phenomena, the…
Refused to join any talks for imposing binding limits on emissions of gases blamed for warming the atmosphere, the United States and China would now be put under the microscope frequently. The Energy Department reported that global warming in the…
Scientists estimate that the fault line near tsunami area is moving 10 millimeters per year. They fear a new tsunami impact soon. So, they are searching for a solution to what to do if the next big wave hits. The University of Queensland developed a…