Science

Buzz Aldrin has passed a lie detector test after claiming that he has encountered alien life, it's been reported. The former Lunar Module Pilot, who was the second man on the moon, was one of a number of astronauts who revealed accounts of their sightings under lab conditions at the...

Extraterrestrials, welcome to Nevada. Or should we say, "Welcome back"? Since your last visit to Area 51, we've missed you! The whole country has missed you, which is why the U.S. Defense Department spent $22 million on a program to find you. You've captured our imaginations and our hearts. Nevada...

This Mutant Crayfish Can Clone Itself—And It's Starting to Take Over Entire Countries. A species of crayfish thought to have evolved the ability to clone itself when bred in the pet trade has become a serious invasive pest in many parts of the world. For the first time, researchers have...

Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It's the climate change diet and scientists say it's not good. They blame global warming for the dwindling ice cover on the Arctic Ocean that bears need for hunting...

Bullet-proof armor just got a serious upgrade thanks to one of the world's most popular supermaterials. Researchers developed a material using just two sheets of graphene that hardens upon impact. Graphene has contributed significantly to the advancement of material science. It’s just a very tight sheet of Carbon atoms that’s...

Aliens wishing you Happy New Year, Green UFO spotted in UK skies. As people in the UK geared up to celebrate New Year's Eve with fireworks and lights, a mysterious green object streaked across the night sky for a few seconds. More than 700 sightings of the green flash of...

You can take a trip through the solar system this week without ever leaving Earth. Sort of. According to a CNN article, though, you can get a look at seven other planets — Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Venus, Uranus and Mercury will all be visible during different times of the day. The...

Using a remote sensing method, scientists working in southern Mexico found an ancient structure that has a total volume exceeding Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza. The discovery in Aguada Fénix is the largest and oldest-known structure built by the Maya civilization, Reuters reports. A rectangular elevated platform made of clay...

Researchers at McGill University have dated the world’s oldest algae fossils back one billion years. As a result, the team estimates that the basis for photosynthesis as it is known today started 1.25 billion years ago. The study, published in the journal Geology, could resolve a long-standing mystery over the...

Newly-discovered fossils reveal that some of the first animals to walk on land lived in Antarctica, according to scientists. Long before the Mesozoic Era, the age of the dinosaurs, the Paleozoic Era saw an abundance of life like never before. It was during this time that fish first began to...