Scientists in Hungaria say they accidentally breed what they call a Sturddlefish. The new breed is from the American Paddlefifh and Russian Sturgeon. According to USA TODAY, “Researchers were trying to produce sturgeon offspring through gynogenesis, a system of asexual production that requires the presence of sperm but not the actual contribution of paternal DNA.” […]
The orca (Orcinus orca), or the killer whale, has the second largest brain among all marine mammals. Orcas have their own local dialects, they coordinate with one another to break up into sophisticated hunting teams, they teach each other specialized methods of hunting, and pass on behaviors for up to generations. These extremely smart creatures […]
Every now and then something different actually comes along, and not always in the way one would expect. In these troubled times when people seem to be more divided than ever, an artist who is pulling the opposite way has emerged. Sam Driz, and with him, he brings a whole new movement or genre “Faith […]
An ocean "heat wave" just drove temperatures off Maine to near-record highs https://t.co/YlQv9pGWMW — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2018 On Aug. 8, 2018, the surface temperatures of the water in the Gulf of Maine hit 68.93°F in the Gulf of Maine. This was only part of a month-long marine heat wave in the normally […]
Approximately 250 million years ago, 96 percent of marine life and 73 percent of the terrestrial vertebrate species on Earth was lost in the most vicious mass extinction the world has ever seen – the Permian-Triassic extinction or the “Great Dying.” About that time, hot lava and rock from within the mantle of the Earth […]
NASA hosted a teleconference on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 1 p.m. ET. The teleconference was held to discuss the details of the proposals for the Near-Earth Objects (NEO) that could create a concern or danger for Earth. Currently, no NEOs are a serious impact risk; however, the information is an important step to determine […]
Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted from the International Space State on Dec. 27, 2015, “Our plants aren’t looking too good.” The station’s garden was struggling to recover from a mold problem. This issue is familiar to terrestrial gardens. On Earth, the issue simply requires a trip to the nursery for replacement plants, however, this is not […]
“For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged a supermassive black hole ejecting a fast-moving jet of particles as it shreds a passing star.” This is not an ordinary black hole, whose mass is a couple times that of the Sun. Supermassive back holes can have millions, or in some cases, billions of solar masses. […]
Human-Made Earthquakes Caused by Injection Wells Over the past few years, the amount of earthquake activity has increased dramatically, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). There have been 450 earthquakes with a magnitude-3.0 and over between 2010 and 2013. That is more than an average of 100 per year. From 1970 to 2000, […]
The octopus is a strange and alluring creature that seems alien-like. With their large tentacles, shape-shifting skills, and camouflage that makes it appear as if the octopus may have come from another planet. Recently, 33 scientists from around the world, including molecular immunologist Edward Steele and astrobiologist Chandra Wickramasinghe, published a paper that suggested that […]