This is bad. A weather buoy floating 144 km (90 miles) south of the North Pole registered 0.4 degrees Celsius (32.7 Fahrenheit) yesterday, and if the North Pole follows suit as expected, it will have officially hit melting point. Temperatures in the Arctic…

This is crazy. It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert, and NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite was there (or rather, hundreds of miles overhead) to see it. The photo comes from Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus visible-light camera, and depicts the…

Pandora Up Close: This image from our Cassini spacecraft is one of the highest-resolution views ever taken of Saturn's moon Pandora. Pandora (52 miles, 84 kilometers) across orbits Saturn just outside the narrow F ring. The spacecraft captured the image during…

Ripples in spacetime: Science's 2016 Breakthrough of the Year By Adrian ChoDec. 22, 2016 , 2:00 PM The discovery of ripples in spacetime—gravitational waves—shook the scientific world this year. It fulfilled a prediction made 100 years ago by Albert Einstein…

This year was full of amazing scientific breakthroughs and some cool science news stories, but the scientific images of 2016 were equally remarkable. Here are some of our favorites. A maverick scientist becomes a guinea pig

Cosmic 'Winter' Wonderland: Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them.…

Introduction. Why plan at all? To get more out of life, to take responsibility for your time. Tools. All you really need is pen, paper, and some time. There’s also a very quick introduction to mind mapping and mind mapping software. I then present my fourteen…

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Top 10 science stories of 2016: Gravitational waves, Zika, Proxima b and more

Solar power is now the cheapest form of energy in almost 60 countries We just hit a major turning point. It's official: solar became the cheapest source of new energy in lower-income countries this year, giving both companies and governments alike another…

We didn't know at the start of 2016 It's been a long year. 1. Gravitational waves are real. More than 100 years after Einstein first predicted them, researchers finally detected the elusive ripples in space time this year. We've now seen three gravitational…

It's official: We finally have an Ebola vaccine that's up to 100% effective Yes! Researchers have developed an Ebola vaccine which provides 100 percent protection against one particularly dangerous strain of the disease, based on final field tests on thousands…

Researchers have found evidence that elderly hospital patients treated by female physicians have a lower mortality and readmission risk compared to those treated by male physicians, suggesting that females might be doing something different when treating…

Since the first nuclear test on 15 July 1945, there have been over 2,051 other nuclear weapons tests around the world.  No other force epitomises the absolute destructive power humanity has unlocked in the way nuclear weapons have. And the weapons rapidly…

Guaranteed to not explode. Scientists have developed a bacteria-powered battery on a single piece of paper, which they say could be a cheap and easily manufactured power source for medical sensors in remote and developing areas. The paper battery, which is…

USING TINY ELECTRICAL CURRENTS TO GO FROM STUMP TO FULLY FUNCTIONING APPENDAGE

Uncovering One Of Evolution’s Missing Links There is an extremely rare fish that may hold some key missing evolutionary information. The cave angel fish (Cryptotora Thamicola) is the only fish in its genus. This uncommonly found fish does something equally…

Uluru became a massive waterfall after extreme rains flooded the Australian desert This is crazy. totally If 2016 hasn't been strange enough already, it's now flooding in the Australian outback, with record-breaking rains hitting the Northern Territory on…

A Treatment for Blindness? NHS to Install Bionic Eyes in 10 Patients

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