New giant wasp, Megalara garuda, uncovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Credit: Dr. Lynn Kimsey, Dr. Michael Ohl With enormous mandibles, shaped like a sickle and nearly as long as it’s forelegs and a enormous pitch black appearance, the Megalara garuda looks menacing and mythical.. Researchers from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, and the Museum fuer Naturkunde in Berlin discovered the More...
David Coppedge, NASA scientist battle religious discrimination case
Supervisors at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory harassed and demoted a high-level computer systems administrator who as a self-described evangelical Christian expressed his belief in intelligent design to co-workers, More...
Philippines tarsiers make a sound humans cannot hear
Philippine tarsiers use ultrasonic calls, which humans cannot hear and scientists suspect it’s a way for the animals to communicate in noisy jungles. Photo/Serafin "Jun" Ramos Jr. of the Sarangani More...
36 foot Whale Shark found dead near Karachi Pakistan
A whale shark was brought into harbor in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb. 7. after reportedly being found unconscious in the Arabian Sea about 10 days ago, the Express Tribune reports. Photo/NeilsPhotography More...
Indiana bill would allow public schools to add creation science alongside of evolution
The Indiana State Senate is considering a bill that would allow public schools to teach creation science alongside the theory of evolution. According to Senate Bill 89, “the governing body of a school More...
New Study: Dolphins talk in their sleep…they talk ‘whale’
Dolphins Reported Talking Whale in Their Sleep That’s the ABC headline as scientists in France report that captive-born dolphins have been recorded “talking in their sleep”…what are they More...
Scientists investigating ‘loud snores’ coming from space
Contact? Independence Day? Residents in Budapest, Hungary and Conklin, Canada had also heard similar peculiar noises in the sky on the same dates. The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry in Malaysia wants More...
20 dolphins wash up dead at Cape Cod
20 Dolphins have washed up near Cape Cod – International Fund for Animal Welfare spokeswoman said Monday. CNN: Between 40 and 50 common and Atlantic white-sided dolphins have been found stranded close to the More...
2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower will peak on Wed Jan 4
If you enjoy the sight of “shooting stars” then make plans to be out looking skyward during the predawn hours on Wednesday (Jan. 4) when a strong display of Quadrantid meteors may appear. This first More...
Ice Sheets can retreat and grow in ‘geological instant’
Scandinavia from space during the winter photo/Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team The current shrinking of glaciers may be irreversible, as research shows that they can expand in a ‘geologic instant’. Scientists More...
