Science - Part 4

Copy, Paste! China Clones First Genetically Engineered Canine
Over the past 20 years, global scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in the area of animal cloning, with China announcing last week that it had become the first country in the world to clone a genetically engineered dog. ...[Read more]
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Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950BC, sparking the rise of civilisations
Ancient stone carvings confirm that a comet struck the Earth around 11,000BC, a devastating event which wiped out woolly mammoths and sparked the rise of civilisations. ...[Read more]
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Dangerous Asteroid Zips by Earth Just Days After It Was Discovered (VIDEO)
The space rock, detected by the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System only three days before its remarkable flyby inside the lunar orbit, was Earth's third near-miss incident in just nine days, according to astronomers. "It raises a few eyebr ...[Read more]
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Quantum supercomputer could change life completely
Physicists have produced the first-ever blueprints for a large-scale quantum computer that could herald a technological revolution in computing. If the industrial blueprint works, it could see the first super-fast quantum machine being built within a deca ...[Read more]
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Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not ‘a magician with a magic wand’
The theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand”, Pope Francis has declared. Speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope made comments which experts said put an end to the “pseudo theorie ...[Read more]
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Galaxy possibly teeming with 100 million life-sustaining planets
Forget close encounters of a third kind. Imagine galactic encounters with millions of planets in the Milky Way galaxy, each of them overflowing with complex life forms. A new study says it's a possibility. ...[Read more]
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Top US astronomers: Alien life to be discovered within 20 years
Two of the United States’ top astronomers appeared before Congress this week, telling lawmakers that the chance of discovering life on other planets is nearly inevitable, and that it may happen within two decades. According to ABC News, Dan Werthimer of ...[Read more]
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Scientists find way to turn light into matter
Researchers in London have found a way to make matter from light, using high powered lasers. The idea behind the theory was first thought up 80 years ago by two physicists, who were to work later on creating the world's first atomic bomb. ...[Read more]
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Huge square-shaped coronal hole spotted on Sun (VIDEO)
A gigantic square hole has been video-captured on the Sun's surface by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The particularly large monstrosity, known as a €œcoronal hole€, is an indicator of solar winds ejected out of the star at insane speeds. ...[Read more]
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Sibling€™ sun found 110 light yrs from Earth
The sun could have a sibling according to researchers at the University of Texas, who believe the star was born from the same cloud of gas as our sun. It is hoped this could give astronomers fresh insights into how life on earth started. ...[Read more]
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Neanderthals were not less intelligent than modern humans, scientists find
Researchers say there is no evidence that modern humans' cognitive superiority led to demise of Neanderthals ...[Read more]
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