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Rats taught to drive little cars for mental health research

As the rats were raised in two different environments - a lab and what the research team termed an "enriched environment" - those raised in the latter became si...

Google unveils quantum computer breakthrough to solve complex problems in minutes

However, ex-Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd reassured the confused crypto crowd that Google was nowhere near breaking the top coin's cryptography . Watson ...

Cold-case murder suspect died in 2012

Traci was killed December 15, 1984, after partying with her friends and leaving after midnight to walk nearly four miles home. Her body was later found in a Gra...

Novartis boosts 2019 targets after third-quarter beat

The sales of Zolgensma exceeded the average expectations of analysts. Novartis reported a 17% rise in third-quarter core net income to $3.2 billion. "For bo...

Astronaut Jessica Meir's next dream? To walk on the moon in 2024

Bridenstine told lawmakers in April that NASA astronauts could make it to the red planet by 2023, pushing up the time frame by two years. Another user wro...

Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ:SGEN) Sets New 52-Week High at $88.66

The stock price changed 22.41% in the past week. Looking into the profitability ratios of SGEN stock , an investor will find its ROE, ROA, ROI standing at -2...

Justice Department sues California over air pollution agreement with Canada

The battle between the White House and California over which has the right to determine climate policies escalated on Wednesday after the administration of ...

Seattle Genetics stock jumps 17% on breast cancer drug trial success

The study met the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) at month 48 with 48% less risk of cancer progression or death (hazard ratio = 0.54). The...

NASA spacewalkers both want to be the first woman on the moon

Or, as Donald Trump put it: "They're doing some work and they're doing it in a very high altitude". You're on the International Space Station. Koch, an elec...

Asteroid which killed the dinosaurs acidified the oceans in horrific cataclysm

Scientists had suspected that pH levels had dropped in the ocean - meaning it was more acidic - in the ensuing millennia after the asteroid collision, but no ...

South Pole's ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discovery - 47abc

This is due to the rise in temperature above normal in the stratosphere, the second largest layer of the atmosphere . However, NASA admits that this new develo...

Seattle Genetics Breast Cancer Trial

The study met the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) at month 48 with 48% less risk of cancer progression or death (hazard ratio = 0.54). "Ba...

New gene editing technology could correct 89% of genetic defects

Scientists have developed a new gene editing tool called prime editing , which has the potential to correct 89 per cent of the known human genetic variants tha...

Bezos's Blue Origin partners with Lockheed, others on moon lander

In a press conference from the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company, Brent Sherwood, vice president of advanced development programs, said Blue Origin will team u...

What The New Gene Editing Tool 'Prime-Editing' Is All About

In the initial study, the scientists reported more than 175 edits in human cells using prime editors - including correcting the genetic causes of sickle cell ...

Ozone Hole Smallest on Record

The space and weather agencies use a combination of satellites - including NASA's Aura satellite, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satell...

One ring to rule your tech nee

For those that invest in Amazon’s recent invention, they do not even have to deal with the hassle of taking out their smartphones. This flashy gadget is c...

Solar energy market 'set for spectacular growth over next five years'

The agency predicted coal will generate about 34% of the planet's electricity in that year, down from almost 40% in 2018. The share of renewables in global ...

The Antarctic ozone hole is the smallest since it was discovered

The chemical reactions are encouraged by polar stratospheric cloud formation, but in recent years, warmer stratospheric air has helped limit these reactions and...

Rocket Lab Sets Payload Sights on the Moon

Rocket Lab CEO and founder Peter Beck said in a press release announcing the news that this is in response to additional inbound interest in reaching these o...

Astronauts who participated in first all-female spacewalk in history speak

Two astronauts will stride its surface, the first time humanity has done so since 1972, and at least one of them will be a woman, the space agency's chief Jim B...

Extreme Weather 2019: Nestor Drops Heavy Rain On North Carolina

Rain from the storm is also sweeping over eastern Alabama, Georgia, and SC. While all tropical storm and surge warnings had been canceled by Saturday afterno...

Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Packagings Market: Global Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2019

Other prominent market players include Cauldron Foods, Beyond Meat, and Sonic Biochem Extractions Limited. China has been a dominant region for the plant-base...

Orionid meteor shower to peak next week: Everything you should know

The "Orionid" meteor shower will illuminate the northern hemisphere sky including Qatar tomorrow. The Orionids are viewable in both the Northern and Southern ...

Donald Trump embarrassed by blunder during live call with female astronauts

Although floating in space looks easy, astronauts say that spacewalks are one of the most physically challenging things they can do, according to NASA. "I think...

New Detail On Exoplanets Is Discovered, A Recent Study Reports

Doyle said that these are very similar - referring to the rocks they analyzed when compared to rocks from Earth and Mars . Given that Earth harbours an ...

NASA unveils new spacesuits for upcoming Moon mission

Boeing is building the core stages of the rockets that will fly on the first two Artemis missions . One of the spacesuits , called Exploration Extravehicu...

Climate march moves through Edmonton ahead of Greta Thunberg's speech

Do you support the rally? A group of oil and gas supporters in a convoy of trucks left Red Deer, Alta.in the morning and is planning a counter-rally during th...

System in the Gulf could become Tropical Storm Nestor

A tropical cyclone is a generic name for what we call tropical storms and hurricanes and other parts of the world call typhoons and cyclones. The storm could ...

California Fault Capable of 8.0 Earthquake Begins Moving For First Time

The researchers noted that while major earthquakes are commonly thought to be caused by the rupture of a single long fault, seismologists have since been re...