Category: Science In The News (科学新闻报道)

On Scotland’s Isle of Skye, scientists have identified two areas with evidence of ancient life forms. Researchers believe the markings are, in fact, footprints from dinosaurs that lived 170 million…

Researchers say they have successfully created another embryo of the northern white rhino. The animal risks disappearing forever. Just two remain, and both are female. This new, viable embryo is…

For the first time ever, scientists have recorded the heart rate of the world’s largest creature: the blue whale. To get this reading, they attached an electrocardiogram device to the…

More than 11,000 scientists are warning that the Earth, in their words, “clearly and unequivocally faces a climate emergency.” The scientists represent several fields of study and come from 150…

Three men who made rechargeable lithium-ion batteries possible have won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. One of the scientists is 97-year-old John Goodenough, who became the oldest winner of…

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in helping to understand “the evolution of the universe and the Earth’s place in the cosmos.” The Royal…

A Japanese researcher says the government has approved experiments that aim to grow human organs in animals. Scientist Hiromitsu Nakauchi recently confirmed the approval to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Nakauchi…

Like colorful corals, they rocked gently in the ocean current. Only these were not beautiful natural reefs grown over centuries. They were plastic bags, stuck to the Aegean Sea floor…

A new United Nations scientific report says that human-caused climate change is greatly reducing land quality worldwide. It also warns that the way humans use land is causing the Earth’s…

The piping plover is already one of the most endangered birds in the Great Lakes area of the northern United States. Now, the rising water levels of Lake Michigan further…

The world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other creatures within 100 years if climate change continues on its current path. These are the findings of…

The American space agency NASA says its Mars lander has noted what scientists believe was the first “marsquake” ever recorded. The seismic signal was measured and recorded on April 6…

A new study says the protective layer of the Earth’s atmosphere is finally healing from damage by humans’ use of harmful chemicals. Aerosol sprays and coolants had been thinning the…

Looking out the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields. Visitors to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland mainly see dying forests…

Samsung has provided the public a first look at its new foldable smartphone. The device was shown for the first time Wednesday during a Samsung developer’s conference in San Francisco,…