Global Warming Effects

Nature is full of surprises and amazing things. Just when you believe you are sure that there is no any chance that fruit can grow directly on the trunk of the tree someone will take a camera and bring you a proof of existence of such plant. This tree is called Jabuticaba, also known as the Grape Tree. As you can see, it's trunk is almost completely covered with tiny fruits. It can be found in South America. Scientists believe that this w...

New scientific research has unveiled that bacteria has become more resistant to antibiotics more than it was believed.Scientists have long known that exposing bacteria to the right antibiotics will kill most of them, but leave a few mutants that happen to resist the drug better than the rest. These mutants go on to multiply, and eventually the whole strain evolves resistance. Image source Now a new study paints a more complicated picture of...

Floating settlements could become more and more popular. The main reason that this type of settlements could became a future of housing is that it doesn't requires a fixed land where homes could be built and, if we speak about particular homes, they are very mobile and can be moved easily. Here you can find 5 awarded designs of floating settlements at Seasteading contest. The fifth place is awarded to this design. This floating settlement co...

Jumping spiders apparently use blood as a perfume to attract the opposite sex. The jumping spider Evarcha culicivora, which dwells near Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, hungers after mosquitoes engorged with blood. Scientists have even found this 5-millimeter-long spider prefers hunting bloodsuckers infested with the deadly malaria parasite, suggesting these predators could help control the lethal disease. In dining on bloodsuck...

The riot of color that erupts in forests every autumn looks different depending on which side of the ocean you're on. While the fall foliage in North America and East Asia takes on a fiery red hue, perplexingly, autumn leaves in Europe are mostly yellow in color. A team of researchers has a new idea as to why the autumnal colors differ between the continents, one that involved taking a step back 35 million years in time. Pigment proces...

The world's record holder for deepest fish goes to the brotulid* family, about which scientists know almost nothing. These fish are benthopelagic, living at depths of 7000 meters or more. The world's deepest fish (Abyssobrotula galatheae) was found in the Puerto Rican Trench at a depth of 8,372 meters (that's over five miles down!). Unfortunately, the fish didn't survive the trip to...

Mammoths are already dead for centuries, and most of their remains are being found in the deep frozen soil of Siberian regions. Just some of them are used for scientific research, thousands more are being used by locals for carving. The whole carving art has been formed for many years of finding those mammoth remains. They don’t have ivory but plenty of this prehistoric material so it has become good substitute for the carving craft. ...

A team of archeologists have uncovered a flute in a German cave dating back 35,000 years, showing that early Europeans had an advanced creative culture which included artistic pursuits. The flute, made from a griffon vulture bone, was assembled from several pieces found in the Hohle Fels cave in southern Germany. It is 8.6-inches (22-centimeters) long and features complex and delicate craftsmanship, shown by its five holes and a notched end....

Different types of sea turtles especially the Olive Ridely turtles throng the coastline of Nosara, Costa Rica in big numbers to breed, laying eggs in the beaches. About 162 hectares of the coastline of Nosara is being protected as Ostional Wildlife Refuge to save the beauty of the shore and obviously the endangered species of Olive Ridleys. This is the reason; one would find paintings of turtles in the beaches. Also to preserve the beauty of ...

Nanotechnology, or more affectionately nicknamed as nanotech, is a field of research that deals with controlling matter on an atomic or molecular level. This has multiple applications that range anywhere from electronics, to energy production, to engineering, to physics, and even to medicine. In the field of medicine alone, nanotech is giving rise to tools and possible applications that are now being streamlined to focus on finding and erad...