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NASA launches new program to study impact of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta

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NASA announces new program to study flooding in the Mississippi River Delta outside of New Orleans, where 5,000 square miles of land has been lost to rising sea levels since the 1930s NASA will travel to Louisiana to study the impact of rising sea levels  The Mississippi River Delta outside New Orleans has been hit … Read more

‘Super-archaic’ human mated with the primitive ancestor of both Denisovans and Neanderthals

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‘Super-archaic’ human mated with the primitive ancestor of both Denisovans and Neanderthals 700,000 years ago Researchers used special software to compare the DNA of ancient human fossils They also found that Denisovans and Neanderthals split 600,000 years ago This is a much older estimate of the species’ divergence than proposed before By Ian Randall For Mailonline … Read more

Twitter is testing a feature that labels misinformation and fake news as ‘Harmfully Misleading’

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Twitter is testing a new feature that labels misinformation and fake news as ‘Harmfully Misleading’ by placing orange badges underneath the tweet Orange and red badges would be placed under the tweet with misinformation Fact-checkers and verified journalists will add the correct information  The feature could be live as soon as March 5th, well ahead … Read more

Google removes nearly 600 apps for spam-like ads after they were downloaded 4.5 BILLION times

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Google removes nearly 600 apps from its store for pushing spam-like ads but only after they were downloaded 4.5 BILLION times Nearly 600 apps were removed from the Google Play store The tech giant says they were pushing disruptive advertisements Altogether the apps racked up 4.5 billion downloads before being removed Some apps display full-screen … Read more

STUNNING footage shows microscopic vampire parasites consume the body of a tiny crustacean

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Stunning video shows microscopic vampire parasites feeding on a tiny crustacean from the INSIDE OUT An independent scientist captures award-winning footage of a parasite attack The video shows a small crustacean called a copepod being attacked The parasite enters the host through a wound and feeds on its cytoplasm The footage was honored in the … Read more

Experts train border collie to learn the name of 90 different toys and fetch them on request 

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Whisky — a six-year-old border collie — has learned the names of 90 different toys on her own and can fetch them on request, researchers have found. The clever canine has learned to differentiate between balls, Frisbees, rings, or ropes — and can even categorise new toys into these groups.  When the researchers first met … Read more

NASA image reveals remains of an ancient lake that stretched across the Sahara 7,000 years ago

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NASA image reveals remains of an ancient lake that stretched 150,000 square miles across the Sahara 7,000 years ago – and it would have been the world’s largest today NASA snapped an image of the area that was once known as the largest lake in the world Known as ‘Mega Chad’, this lake stretched 150,000 … Read more

Were ancient humans VEGETARIANS? 65,000 year-old archaeology site shows diet of fruits and nuts

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Were ancient humans VEGETARIANS? 65,000-year-old archaeology site in Australia shows aboriginal groups subsisted on a diet of fruits, nuts, palm stems, and roasted roots and tubers A team from the University of Queensland found ancient charcoal remains The charcoal contain trace elements of food cooked by locals 65,000 years ago It shows ancient humans subsisted … Read more