After infecting a group of pigs with a deadly form of Ebola virus, a team of Canadian researchers found they passed it to monkeys housed in cages alongside them – the first experimental evidence of Ebola infection spreading between two different animal species.
Read More »New dinosaur-like fossil may be the earliest dinosaur found so far
A prehistoric riverbed has belched the fossil remains of a new creature that an international team of researchers say, shows dinosaurs may have started walking into the fossil record, as much as 15 million years earlier than previously thought.
Read More »Stone spear tip technology older than previously thought
An international team of researchers have found evidence that our hominin ancestors were making stone-tipped weapons for hunting approximately 500,000 years ago.
Read More »Vampire squid behaviour revealed by ROV cameras
From remotely operated vehicle footage collected over the last 20 years, MBARI researchers have gleaned the most complete look at how the vampire squid feeds in the wild.
Read More »Chemistry behind cell-to-cell communication wins Nobel Prize
Science Fare Media’s Managing Editor, Lee Flohr, went one-on-one with Dr. Robert Lefkowitz to talk about the science that resulted in a call from Stockholm.
Read More »Stem cell science kicks off 2012 Nobel Prize announcements
Science Fare Media’s Managing Editor, Lee Flohr, went one-on-one with Sir John Gurdon, to talk about the science that got the two researchers summoned to Stockholm.
Read More »New monkey species discovered in the Congo forest
Known to the locals as a lesula, the medium-sized, slender monkey has a blonde, grizzled mane and joins a genus of vibrantly coloured monkeys more commonly known as the guenons.
Read More »Denisovan genome thoroughly sequenced by researchers
From a tiny bit of finger bone, an international team of researchers extracted DNA and thoroughly sequenced the genome of our other human-like relatives, the Denisovans.
Read More »Curiosity Snaps First Pictures
NASA’s Curiosity rover has landed on the Red Planet!
Read More »Million Song Dataset Reveals Trends in Rock History
After analyzing the digital DNA from 464,411 songs recorded between 1955 and 2010, a team of researchers from Spain found it’s getting louder and is based on the same few chords.
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