Four light years — more than 24 trillion miles — from our home planet there is a world orbiting a small, red star called Proxima Centauri. No human eyes have ever seen it. The scientists who announced its discovery Wednesday are pretty sure it exists because they can see the way the star wobbles under […]

A new study that was released could prove us wrong, indicating that dinosaurs were more likely to mumble or coo like birds instead of roar. Not so scary as we thought, huh? (Article by Estefania de Leon) This study comes from researchers with The University of Texas at Austin, Midwestern University in Arizona, Memorial University of Newfoundland and […]

Scientists have determined the physical limits of invisibility and it’s not looking very good for Bilbo Baggins.   (Article by Jordan Collver) What power would you rather have: flight or invisibility? It’s a question most of us have asked or been asked at some point. People used to think that flight was an unattainable fantasy, but […]

Astronomers Aaron Smith and Volker Bromm of The University of Texas at Austin, working with Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole born extremely early in the universe. They showed that a recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation is likely powered by a […]

Rows of kindergartners collectively gasped as they saw a large dinosaur bone pulled out from under a table. The bone, about four-feet long, was a replica of a Diplodocus’ femur. (Article by Alex Smith) “Woah,” the youngsters exclaimed as some stood to get a better look. The Science Museum of Minnesota presented about dinosaurs, fossils […]

AUSTIN, TX — University of Texas at Austin researchers have redefined the adage If at first you don’t succeed, try try again: After nearly half-a-trillion tries molecular scientists witnessed a rare event in the lab that could potentially solve an evolutionary conundrum. (Article by Tony Cantu) The find centers on how introns — noncoding sequences […]

Crystal City, Texas, a small southeastern town not far from the Mexican Border, recently made national headlines after four of its five city council members were arrested on charges of corruption by the FBI. But now, the town, which prides itself on being the “Spinach Capital of the World,” is being spotlighted for another reason. […]

Responding to the devastation caused by contaminated tap water in Flint, Michigan, an Austin-based natural health and food safety publication has partnered with a former NASA contract scientist to conduct nationwide water sampling. Interestingly enough, the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t seem too thrilled about it. Earlier this month, Natural News announced its decision to test […]