The pest devours plant species including maize, rice, cotton and sugar cane and has devastated crops across Africa (AFP Photo/SIMON MAINA) More A caterpillar native to the Americas that has devastated crops across Africa has made its way to Asia, scientists in India said Thursday, warning of a threat to […]
Fossil enthusiast Philip Mullaly was walking along the beach in Victoria Australia when he saw it: a glint in a boulder with quarter of a tooth exposed. “I was immediately excited, it was just perfect and I knew it was an important find that needed to be shared with people,” […]
Not great for keeping coolMike Morden / Alamy By Sam Wong A man’s choice of underwear really can have an impact on his sperm, according to the largest study yet on the subject. Jorge Chavarro and colleagues at Harvard University asked 656 men to provide a semen sample and blood sample, and answer a […]
Millions of Pokemon Go players have been complaining of an error that stops them from seeing their friends list on the app.Error 0 is a bug sweeping the Pokemon gaming app, causing huge problems for gamers and their friends. If you are affected by the error, you will be unable […]
CNET In just a matter of months, Fortnite: Battle Royale went from a successful video game to a global phenomenon. After a rocky development, the free-to-play game has captured the attention of gamers on PCs, iPhones, consoles and this summer, Android devices. Epic Games isn’t done yet though: as we […]
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Despite decades-old research identifying asbestos as a dangerous carcinogen, the Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed a new framework that could allow new uses for the toxic chemical in manufacturing. The United States has […]
This might sound strange…BahadirTanriover/Getty By Leah Crane Heavy metal music isn’t heavy after all – it is actually the opposite. Sound waves have mass and can interact via gravity, but that mass is negative. In other words, sound floats upwards. Angelo Esposito at Columbia University in New York and his colleagues calculated […]
NASA plans to launch a relatively modest Mars lander in 2016 to study the red planet’s interior. NASA NASA’s Mars InSight lander just reached a milestone on its way to the red planet: It’s officially halfway. NASA successfully launched the Mars InSight lander on May 5 — the first interplanetary […]