By Heidi Harley

science / science - 6 years ago

Scientists solved a decades-old swamp-monster mystery in Florida

Until now, the reticulated siren was just a rumor. A mythical and mysterious swamp monster—also known as a species of giant salamander—the reticulated siren is found in the shallow freshwater marshes of Florida and Alabama, and locally known as a "leopard eel." Rarely spotted and never pre...

science / science - 6 years ago

China launches probe to explore dark side of Moon - Xinhua

China on Saturday launched a first probe ever to explore the dark side of the Moon, marking another milestone in its ambitious space programme, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The probe, the Chang'e-4, is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the Moon, according...

science / science - 6 years ago

Aussie school kids lead mass coal mine protests

Australian school children led thousands of demonstrators nationwide Saturday calling for a halt on plans for Indian mining firm Adani to construct a controversial coal mine in the country's northeast. The rallies across major cities followed a protest last month that saw thousands of Australian st...

science / science - 6 years ago

German farmers sue government over missed climate targets

Dismayed by the German government's failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to force it into action. To me, that's besides the point," said Schwienhorst, who suffered his poorest harvest in three decades after a record d...

science / science - 6 years ago

Want to Go to Mars? First, Learn How to Hibernate

“It stands to reason if you lower metabolic rate of the body, you lower energy usage,” said Hannah Carey, a researcher at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose lab has extensively investigated hibernation in mammals on Earth. In science fiction movies like...

science / science - 6 years ago

US backers of Paris accord set up camp at climate talks

KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of U.S. states, cities, businesses and churches planted the American flag at the U.N. climate talks Friday in an effort to show that many people in the United States remain committed to curbing global warming despite the stance of their president.