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Scientists Use #CuteOff to find the World's Most Adorable Animals: Here Are 9 Superbly Squee Shots

By Cheri Cheng - Sep 03, 2015 03:55 PM EDT

Scientists are having fun with twitter by asking people to send in cute shots of animals.

Sea Sapphire's 'Magic Trick' Of Sudden Invisibility Discovered

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 03, 2015 08:52 AM EDT

Scientists have found out why sea sapphires glow brightly one minute and disappear the next.

Earth Home to "Three Trillion" Trees- Seven Times More Than Previously Believed

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 03, 2015 08:52 AM EDT

Recent study shows that there are more than three trillion trees on Earth.

Molecular Tweeting: The Key To Fighting Bacteria?

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 03, 2015 08:14 AM EDT

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers are using data from Twitter to help them understand how pathogens communicate.

Scientists Are Baffled Over The Corpse Of An 'Alien' Found In Russia

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 03, 2015 08:14 AM EDT

Scientists have found a strange corpse that looks like that of an alien, near a Russian nuclear plant.

Bioenergy Production Can Be Enhanced with Tiny 'Disc-Shaped' Blooms Manipulating Light

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 03, 2015 08:16 AM EDT

With calcium carbonate discs called coccoliths, existing naturally in algae, scientists can boost bioenergy.

Starving Polar Bears Threating Arctic Researchers

By Dustin Braden - Sep 02, 2015 08:19 PM EDT

A team of researchers is currently surrounded by a pack of starving polar bears in a dramatic illustration of how global warming is threatening the food supplies and lifestyles of a number of species.

5-Foot-Long Sea Scorpion Discovered Beneath Iowa River

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:05 AM EDT

Fossilized sea scorpion as big as a grown man has been found beneath the Iowa river.

Rare Horned Guans Hatch at St. Louis Zoo

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:04 AM EDT

The second recorded breeding of rare horned guans at the St. Louis Zoo helps to keep alive the species in the US.

Some Heartworms Are Resistant In Spite Of Preventatives, Study

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:04 AM EDT

Resistant juvenile heartworms always tend to stand up against drugs, like antibiotics.

'Heart in a Box': Breakthrough to Make Dead Hearts Alive For Transplant

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:04 AM EDT

A new organ care system called 'heart in a box' is a revolutionary technology to help in heart and later organ transplant.

River Dolphin Fossils From Panama May Show How They Became Freshwater Species

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:04 AM EDT

Scientists discovered a fossil that showed how the freshwater dolphin existed 6 million years ago.

99% of Birds Predicted to Have Consumed Plastic By 2050

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:05 AM EDT

It has been found that about 90 percent of seabirds have consumed plastic that has wound up in the oceans.

New Study Warns Nine In 10 Sea Birds Ingested Plastic

By Peter R - Sep 01, 2015 04:40 PM EDT

The study portended a grim future for sea birds which could die of starvation due to plastic lodged in stomach.

Paleontologists Find 467 Million-Year-Old Sea Scorpion 'King'

By Peter R - Sep 01, 2015 03:40 PM EDT

Called Pentecopterus decorahensis, the sea scorpion was the undisputed king of predators in the sea, researchers who analysed its fossil, said.

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