Over a 100 million years ago, an 18-foot (5.48
meter) long, 2,500-pound (1,133 kg)
pineapple-shaped dinosaur met an untimely death
when it was swept away by a river in what is now
Alberta, Canada. Fortunately for us, its body ended
up situated back-first on the muddy floor of an old
seaway. This helped preserve the ancient behemot...
While Japan is known to have higher than average
rates of stomach cancer, the residents of the town of
Kaneyama in Yamagata Prefecture appear to be
particularly susceptible to the gastric ailment. After a
recent report revealed that the municipality had one
of the highest stomach cancer fatality rates out of
the nation’s 344 “secondary medical districts”, the...
The total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, is the
first of its kind to go coast-to-coast across the
continental United States in nearly a century. While
the partial eclipse will start earlier and end later, the
total eclipse will travel from Oregon to South
Carolina in a speedy 93 minutes. Its narrow,
70-mile-wide, path of totality will begin at Lincoln B...
Worms are not the first thing that come to mind
when one thinks of space travelers. However, that is
exactly what the researchers from Tufts University
decided to send to the International Space Station
(ISS) on January 10, 2015. Some were left whole,
others had their head or tail sliced off, while a few
poor souls went to space with neither head nor tail...
To say that California’s redwoods are amazing is an
understatement. The majestic trees that have been
around for millions of years have a lifespan of up to
2,000 years and can reach heights of over 300 feet,
so tall that the tops are often invisible. Over the
years, researchers have been able to discover a lot
about these sturdy survivors that are resistant to ...
While U.S. President Donald Trump, who pulled out
of the Paris climate agreement on June 1, is
convinced global warming is a “hoax,” the
deteriorating condition of the world’s coral reefs
seems to suggest otherwise. Often called
“rainforests of the sea,” the incredible ecosystems
that occupy less than 0.1 percent of ocean’s surfa...
Though plastic shopping bags are incredibly cheap
and useful, their disposal causes widespread
pollution. That's because the non-biodegradable
polyethylene takes centuries to decompose and is
also detrimental to wildlife who often mistake the
colorful debris for food. Now, we may have an
unlikely ally to help clean up our trash – a small wa...
Memorial Day, which will be celebrated on Monday,
May 29 this year, is one of the most important
holidays in the American calendar. Observed
annually on the last Monday of the month, it honors
the men and women who have died while serving in
the United States Armed Forces. Though the
tradition is believed to have been started by local ...
As you are firming up your summer plans, you may
want to pencil in the total solar eclipse on August
21. Dubbed the ‘Great American Eclipse,' it is not
just the first total solar eclipse visible from the
contiguous United States since February 26, 1979,
but also the first that can be seen across the
country, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, in almost ...
