Category: Science

The remains of a baby mammoth has been found in the Yamal Peninsula in Siberian Russia. The baby mammoth, named Lyuba, a female, was six-month-old at the time of death.

The well-preserved remains of a baby mammoth has been found in the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia (Russia). The baby mammoth, named Lyuba, was a six-month-old female at the time of death, approximately 10,000 years ago.

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Mammuthus primigenius (Baby) named "Dima," similar to Lyuba.
Credit: Sikander (public domain)

After a nine month trek through space, the Phoenix Mars Lander is to land in the northern artic plains region, which is believed to have large amounts of water ice just below the surface.

NASA technicians are beginning final launch preparations on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft destined for the planet Mars. The unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Florida's east coast on August 3, at around 5:35 a.m. EST. Phoenix will land in the Red Planet's northern polar region to search for signs of life, and analyze the Martian climate from a polar perspective.

New discovery may change how scientists view the geological history of Greenland.

Ice samples retrieved from 1.2 miles (2km) beneath the surface of Greenland have uncovered the oldest known samples of DNA from insects. The samples, estimated to be 450,000-900,000 years old, have also shown that no more than one million years ago, Greenland was once home to forests and animal life.

A heavy lift consultant from Texas claims he can provide an explanation for construction, rock movements, and development of the Great Pyramid from top to bottom with all questions answered. Common myths, legends, and lore concerning Khufu/Cheops Pyramid of Egypt are debunked by simple, straight forward look at the real evidence at hand. By addressing the project as if it can be done with assets and resources on the site, while applying a little conventional wisdom, a research team solves several mysteries.

A heavy lift consultant from Texas who goes by the name "Mega-mover" claims he can provide an explanation for construction, rock movements, and development of the Great Pyramid from top to bottom with all questions answered. He claims that common myths, legends, and lore concerning Khufu/Cheops Pyramid of Egypt are debunked by a simple, straight forward look at the real evidence at hand. By addressing the project as if it can be done with assets and resources on the site, while applying a little conventional wisdom, he says that a research team has solved several mysteries.

Discovery of feathered dinosaur that weighed-in at over 3,000 pounds set current theory on dinosaur evolution on its ear.

Scientists in China have unearthed the fossilized remains of a bird like dinosaur in the Erlian Basin that was as big as the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

An earth sized planet recently discovered orbiting around the star Gliese 581 probably can't support life. However, another planet in the same solar system might.

German and American scientists have announced that the recently discovered planet, Gliese 581c, is too hot to host any life that would be found on Earth. It orbits around the star Gliese 581.

According to a study published in the June 1 issue of Science, humans may have learned to walk upright while gathering fruit from trees. The study suggests that we may be more closely related to orangutans than to chimps and gorillas.

By observing wild orangutans, a research team has found that walking on two legs may have arisen in relatively ancient, tree-dwelling apes, rather than in more recent human ancestors that had already descended to the savannah, as current theory suggests.

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According to marine biologists participating in a study between the United States and Ireland, DNA samples taken from a hammerhead shark, born in 2001, located in Omaha Nebraska at the Henry Doorly Zoo, show that the sharks mother performed a "virgin birth," or giving birth without mating.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has found a patch of bright-toned soil so rich in silica that scientists propose water must have been involved in concentrating it.

NASA's Spirit Rover on Mars has found "silica-rich soil" in Gusev Crater that scientists say is so rich that it would require water to have been present at some point.

American astronomers first discovered this planet back in 2004, but no clear indication was found on what it might contain on its surface until now.

A team of European and American astronomers say that a recently discovered extrasolar planet, located not far from Earth, contains oceans and rivers of hot solid water.