Bill Gates Thinks Artificial Photosynthesis Can Replace Fossil Fuel

Jul 03, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Science

While the renewable energy industry has been doing very well recently, its still a fact that most of the world depends on fossil fuel to generate energy and for transportation. In this regard, tech pioneer and Microsoft...

New Technique Makes CRISPR Safer To Use, Better Gene-Editing Practice

Jul 03, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Science

By now, the whole scientific community has become wholeheartedly fascinated with the gene-editing tool, CRISPR. Its the single most powerful tool of its kind and one that has a lot of potential in curing diseases and...

President Trump Hurt His Own Voters With Paris Accord Withdrawal, Study States

Jul 03, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Science

When President Donald Trump announced that he was going to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, his supporters cheered. However, a new study suggests that these are the same people who will suffer the most, both...

Space Science Series

Neutron stars can reveal the universe's secrets and could be our GPS for deep space travel

Jun 30, 2017 17:25 pm UTC| Science

NASAs Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, or NICER, is an X-ray telescope launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in early June 2017. Installed on the International Space Station, by mid-July it will commence its...

Beauty and the microscope: what science can learn from art

Jun 30, 2017 17:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

As a scientist, I consider myself artistic in neither my abilities nor my observations of the world around me I am a physicist who has dedicated his career to controlled experiments, mathematical descriptions and...

Scientists To Create Heat-Resistant Cows, Preparing For Climate Change

Jun 30, 2017 16:59 pm UTC| Science

The earth is warming, causing massive changes in the planets weather patterns. This results in more heat and more thunderstorms. In order to prepare for the worst, scientists are turning to genetically modifying organisms...

Turkey bans teaching of evolution – but there's no better evidence for how life develops

Jun 28, 2017 16:25 pm UTC| Science Law

In the US there have been many attempts to expunge evolution from the school curriculm or demand that creationism the idea that all life was uniquely created by God is given equal treatment in science textbooks. While...