Antarctica may be thousands of kilometres from the central Pacific but events there can have a significant effect on the White Continent’s ice. Scientists have shown how ice shelves – the floating fronts of marine-terminating glaciers – respond to the El Niño phenomenon. The warming of tropical eastern Pacific seawaters will lead to a change …

Two of the largest investors in Apple are urging the iPhone maker to take action against smartphone addiction among children over growing concerns about the effects of technology and social media on the youth, The Guardian reported. In an open letter to Apple, Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) said the …

A hole in the ozone layer that appeared above Antarctica in the 1980s has shrunk thanks to a worldwide ban on damaging chemicals, Nasa has confirmed. Research found that levels of ozone-damaging chlorine are rapidly declining in the planet’s atmosphere, a direct indicator that Earth’s protective layer is on the mend. Last year, satellite images …

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has spotted a set of mysterious ‘stick-like figures’ on the red planet. In a photo shared to the rover’s Twitter account this week, NASA revealed a look at the unusual formations recently discovered on the face of a Martian rock. It’s unclear what exactly created the quarter-inch-long ‘stick-figures,’ though the space …

Scientists believe they have uncovered the secret behind ‘gut feeling’ claiming the human brain has a form of wi-fi which is constantly gathering information on other people by simply looking at them. Professor Digby Tatum of the University of Sheffield has been researching the human brain and how people communicate. He believes his work shows …