Scientists Monday gave us the unsettling news that our favorite natural satellite, the moon, is shrinking, according to a study.
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Alive before Jesus’ birth, a 2600-year-old tree in North Carolina is one of USA’s oldest
While wars and storms roar around it, the tree has been alive for over 2,600 years, quietly growing along the banks of a river southeast of Raleigh.
‘Alexa, take me to the moon.’ Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to take astronauts to the moon by 2024
Blue Origin, Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture, is planning a manned mission to the moon, he announced Thursday.
Forget Batman. New species of bat-winged dinosaur discovered
Another dinosaur species with bat-like-wings has been discovered, scientists announced in a new study published Wednesday. The 163-million-year-old fossil, which was a complete skeleton, was found by a farmer in northeastern China.
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Alcohol use soaring worldwide: The average adult now consumes about 1.7 gallons of pure alcohol per year
Global alcohol use continues to rise, a new study reports, and is expected to continue to grow in the years ahead. In fact, just in the past 30 years, the total volume of alcohol humans consumed globally per year increased by a whopping 70%.
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Meet T. rex’s teeny-tiny cousin: 3-foot tall tyrannosaur fossil discovered
Sure, we’ve all seen the monstrous T-rexes running amok in “Jurassic Park” and other movies. It turns outthey weren’t all huge behemoths.
Nature in worst shape in human history with 1 million species at risk of extinction, massive UN report warns
In a sweeping, first-of-its-kind report, the United Nations says more species now are threatened with extinction than at any time in human history.
‘The universe is a violent place:’ Black hole collides with neutron star, scientists say
Forget Game of Thrones, now we may havedetected areal-life “battle” going on in outer space between a black hole and a neutron star.
Yes, there’s a total eclipse of the sun two months from today
If you’ve still got leftover solar eclipse fever from 2017, there’s another one ‘on the horizon.’
The trees told us: Scientists see fingerprint of warming climate on droughts from 1900
The secret was in the trees. Looking at tree rings from ancient trees, scientists in a new study say they’ve finally foundthe fingerprint of human-caused global warming on drought.