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Our-Story: Terrace Farming Unearthed at Ancient Desert City of Petra

Our-Story: Terrace Farming Unearthed at Ancient Desert City of Petra

by M.B. Reilley, University of Cincinnati January 3, 2013 (TSR) - A team of international archaeologists including Christian Cloke of the University of Cincinnati is providing new insights into successful…

New Insights Into How Plants Grow in Response to Light, Water and Gravity

New Insights Into How Plants Grow in Response to Light, Water and Gravity

January 3, 2013 (TSR) - Elementary school students often learn that plants grow toward the light. This seems straightforward, but in reality, the genes and pathways that allow plants to…

First Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust

First Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust

January 3, 2012 (TSR) - After extensive analyses by a team of scientists led by Carl Agee at the University of New Mexico, researchers have identified a new class of…

Scientific Facts on “Global Warming”: Changing Sun, Changing Climate?

Scientific Facts on “Global Warming”: Changing Sun, Changing Climate?

by Dr. Spencer Weart, Physicist specializing in solar physics and geophysics December 25, 2012 (TSR) - Since it is the Sun’s energy that drives the weather system, scientists naturally wondered…

Five new planets discovered just 12 light-years away

Five new planets discovered just 12 light-years away

by George Dvorsky, i09.com December 21, 2012 (TSR) - Another day, another mind-bending celestial discovery. It was only yesterday that we told you about Philip Gregory’s claim that there are…

The Amazing Survival Abilities of the Ibexes (Wild Goats)

The Amazing Survival Abilities of the Ibexes (Wild Goats)

December 10, 2012 (TSR) - Capra is a genus of mammals, the goats or wild goats, composed of up to nine species including the wild goat, the markhor and several…

Voyager 1 Discovers Previously Unknown “Magnetic Highway” at the Edge of the Solar System

Voyager 1 Discovers Previously Unknown “Magnetic Highway” at the Edge of the Solar System

December 6, 2012 (TSR) - A strange new phenomenon has been discovered by the Voyager 1 space probe as it comes ever closer to crossing the heliopause, the unexplored outer…

Lonely ‘homeless’ planet found for the first time (VIDEO)

Lonely ‘homeless’ planet found for the first time (VIDEO)

A young “homeless planet”, up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties, has been spotted by scientists for the very first time. …

COMBATTING GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: FUNGI OFFER NON-GM WAY TO ENHANCE FOOD CROPS

COMBATTING GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: FUNGI OFFER NON-GM WAY TO ENHANCE FOOD CROPS

November 12, 2012 (TSR) - As temperatures soar and droughts increase in frequency, scientists around the world are working to create food crops tolerant of extreme temperatures - often an…

Newfound ‘super-Earth’ could support life

Newfound ‘super-Earth’ could support life

November 9, 2012 (TSR) - Astronomers have discovered another potentially habitable planet – and it’s at least seven times the mass of Earth. Dwarf star HD 40307g hosts a system…

First feathered Dinosaurs evolved wings for Courtship, not for flight

First feathered Dinosaurs evolved wings for Courtship, not for flight

October 27, 2012 (TSR) - The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex.…

Mayan exhibit debunks “doomsday” prophecy and ends Luciferian New Age Movement Propaganda

Mayan exhibit debunks “doomsday” prophecy and ends Luciferian New Age Movement Propaganda

October 26, 2012 (TSR) - An exhibition was inaugurated Friday at the Houston Museum of Natural Science to demystify the ancient Maya culture and debunk the myth that the Mayans…

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