Tag : Science
  • Child

    Parenting Technique May Cause Children to Grow Up with Materialistic Attitudes

    A joint study carried out by researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Missouri revealed that a certain parenting technique may cause children to develop materialistic tendencies when they enter adulthood. The rearing style pointed out in the study involves rewarding children…
  • President Putin

    Putin Looks To Russian Science In Response To International Sanctions

    President Vladimir Putin held a government meeting on Dec. 8 to urged Russia’s officials to support the country’s own scientific programs. The president’s call for the development of local technology is in response to the sanctions imposed by other nations on Russia.
  • E-ELT

    Construction Of World’s Largest Telescope In Chile Begins

    The proposal submitted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to build the world’s largest telescope in Chile has been approved on Dec. 4. Dubbed as the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), it will feature a composite mirror with a diameter of 128 feet. Due to its size, the E-ELT is fou…
  • Gracier

    NASA: Rate Of Melting Antarctic Ice Tripled

    A new scientific study revealed that in over 20 years, the rate of glaciers melting in the Antarctic region has tripled. Through observations in the region, researchers from NASA and the University of California discovered that from 1992 to 2013, glaciers in the area have lost at least 83 gigatons o…
  • Grey Seal

    Scientists Baffled By Increasingly Violent Behavior Of Seals In Britain

    A new study released by a team of biologists aims to solve the mystery behind the sudden predatory behavior of seals. The research was conducted in response to the increasing number of the violent mutilation and killing of porpoises in the waters of Britain and Netherlands.
  • Scientists Discover New Bird Species In Indonesia

    A new species of bird was discovered in Indonesia by a team of researchers from the Michigan State University, Princeton University and Indonesia’s Institute of Sciences. The Sulawesi streaked flycatcher was first seen in 1997 but was only recently named as a new type of bird after the researchers…
  • Sudbury Basin

    Mystery Behind Canada’s Giant Crater Solved

    Researchers recently discovered that the massive crater in Canada was caused by a comet that crashed on Earth over 1.8 billion years ago.
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