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There’s no easy way to rate dog intelligence. As canine psychologist Stanley Coren wrote back in the ’90s, there’s adaptive intelligence (i.e., figuring stuff out), working intelligence (i.e. following orders),…
Stargazers across the globe will focus their attention on the night skies on January 1, when the first and largest supermoon of the new year rises. The New Year’s Day…
Superstring theory, which underpins some of Professor Stephen Hawking’s ground-breaking research and hunt for a Theory of Everything, is a scientific hypothetical helping pull together diverse views of the universe.…
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2017 YE7 flew past Earth at 0.80 LD / 0.00206 AU (~308 171 km / 191 488 miles) on December 30, 2017. This asteroid was…
The chemically engineered drink allows the body to burn fat without having to cut down on your favourite foods. And now San Franciso company HVMN – pronounced ‘human’ – is…
1. The speed of gravity is pretty much identical to the speed of light! This year, for the first time ever, scientists were able to photograph a collision between two…
The most common New Year’s resolutions tend to be vague goals intended to “get your life together” by losing weight, eating healthier food, or exercising more. But most people don’t…
The German physicist Albert Einstein needed complex equations to describe his theory of relativity, but 18-year-old Hillary Diane Andales of the Philippines does just fine with a pick-up truck, a…
The largest full moon of the year will rise in the late evening hours on New Year’s Day to be briefly but intensely lit up by the sun’s rays. The…