Indoor plants can reduce energy consumption, improve air quality - if used right

Almost 80 percent of our lives are spent indoors and indoor quality is a major concern in most industrialized nations and plants can help.

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Yellowstone supervolcano might not erupt anytime soon, says new research

A full scale eruption from Yellowstone is likely to change the chemistry of the entire atmosphere and completely modify the north American landmass.

15 hours ago

Mysterious deep-sea squid seen mimicking other molluscs in first-ever video

The bizarre-looking squid was spotted by the crew of a research vessel deep beneath the surface in the western Gulf of Mexico.

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Land mammals steadily getting smaller because humans are killing the large ones

If this trend continues, in about 200 years, the largest land mammal is likely to be the cow, researchers say.

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Watch: Endangered monk seal playing with knife points out hazards of littering

Other than Mediterranean monk seal, the Hawaiian monk seal species in the family of earless seals is endangered and might go extinct very soon.

3 days ago

Earth Day a communist conspiracy? What's wrong if it indeed was one?

The demonization of environmentalism is a useful ploy used by all resource monopolies -- whether they are bourgeoisie, communist or neo-liberal.

3 days ago

Strange Antarctic phenomenon has cold water floating on warm water, trapping it

Warm water is getting trapped under layers of cold freshwater along the Antarctic coast, making way for calving from under the ice sheet.

3 days ago

Surge in peacock deaths raises concerns for Sariska Tiger Reserve officials

Post-mortem reports of few peacocks have shown liver infection as the reason behind deaths. The officials are now investigating the mass death of the peacocks

3 days ago

Scientists discover hundreds of dying octopus mothers with eggs in deep sea

The purple octopuses were found clutching to broods of eggs, which are assumed dead already as scientists could not observe any sign of embryo movement.

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700 year old banyan tree gets saline treatment for infestation

They began the treatment of the tree with mixed chlorpyrifos(Pesticide) in saline bottle. The solution was injected in the barks of the tree.

4 days ago

Dinosaurs dominated Earth because a mass extinction event made it possible

A massive volcano eruption millions of years back led to Earth-wide climate changes that killed off enough species, making way for dinosaurs.

5 days ago

Snake sex-party: Burmese python with tracking implant leads researchers to biggest 'aggregation'

The Burmese python called Argo was found with another 115 pound pregnant female and seven other male pythons, engaged in a record-breaking aggregation.

5 days ago

Climate change cure? Warming climate could speed up natural reforestation

Rising temperatures are speeding up the transition of empty fields to forests if trees are allowed to take over.

5 days ago

Global warming slows Atlantic Ocean currents down to a 1000-year low

The world's conveyor belt made of warm water moves fast on the ocean surface, but cold water from the Arctic melt is slowing it down.

6 days ago

China is building world's largest network of 'rainmakers' in Tibetan plateau

China is building the largest cloud seeding network that will bring rain to densely populated parts of the Asian continent.

6 days ago