Nasa releases statement over rumours that asteroid will destroy Earth in September
Nasa has just debunked a recent rumour of a giant asteroid due to crash into the Earth next month. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 21, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Nasa: 'No, the world isn't going to be destroyed by an asteroid in September'
Nasa has just debunked a recent rumour of a giant asteroid due to crash into the Earth next month. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 21, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Dementia epidemic predictions in the UK may have been exaggerated, scientists say
Predictions that Britain and other Western nations will experience a dementia epidemic as the population grows older may have been overblown, scientists have said. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 20, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health & Families Source Type: news
Warnings of dementia epidemic could be overblown, admit scientists
Predictions that Britain and other Western nations will experience a dementia epidemic as the population grows older may have been overblown, scientists have said. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 20, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health & Families Source Type: news
Forget Jaws, it is humans who are the world's top predator, say scientists
Humans are a unique “super-predator” that hunts and kills other species many times more efficiently than the other top predators both on land and sea, scientists have found. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 20, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Mystery of Mona Lisa's smile 'solved' as experts say Da Vinci used the same illusion years before
Scientists may have discovered the secret behind one of the most famous mysteries in the history of art – the Mona Lisa’s smile. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 20, 2015 Category: Science Tags: News Source Type: news
Miner finds first new vein of rare mineral Blue John in 150 years in the Peak District
The first new vein of the rare mineral Blue John to be discovered in 150 years has been found by accident. The mineral, also known as Derbyshire spar, was found in the Peak District by miner Gary Ridley while he was testing a new stone chainsaw. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 20, 2015 Category: Science Tags: News Source Type: news
More than 13,000 foreign plant species became alien invaders around the world, says study
Japanese knotweed in Britain, Scottish gorse in New Zealand and European brambles in the Pacific islands are just some of the 13,168 species of foreign plants that have become alien invaders around the world, according to the first global survey of non-native flora. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Cambridge University scientists help to uncover 500-year-old Chinese cave 'graffiti' which 'predicted' climate change
A team of international scientists, including a group from the University of Cambridge, has uncovered unique ‘graffiti’ in a Chinese cave from 500 years ago – which has also unknowingly ‘predicted’ a pattern of climate change yet to come. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Smarter children could be more likely to develop bipolar disorder, scientists say
Brighter children are more likely to develop bipolar disorder as they grow up, a new study has said. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Siberian leopards: World's most endagered cat claws its way back from extinction
What is possibly the world's most endangered cat is clawing its way back from the edge of extinction. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Siberian leopards: World's most endangered cat claws its way back from extinction
What is possibly the world's most endangered cat is clawing its way back from the edge of extinction. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Israeli scientist invents 'vaccine' against nuclear radiation - but is she just poisoning herself?
A retired medical professor thinks she has discovered a method for vaccinating against the effects of a nuclear fallout – and has been slowly poisoning herself in a bid to prove the theory. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
The Israeli scientist who's poisoning herself to find a vaccine for nuclear radiation
A retired medical professor thinks she has discovered a method for vaccinating against the effects of a nuclear fallout – and has been slowly poisoning herself in a bid to prove it. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Scientists grow almost fully formed human brain in a lab for the first time
Scientists have succeeded in growing an almost fully formed human brain in a lab for the first time ever. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
