Science & Enviroment

How to Build a Temporary Sundial
10:04 2018-01-06

Have you ever wanted to know what time it was, but didn’t have a watch? Instead of checking your cell phone or going inside to look at a clock try building a sundial! While these instructions are focused on a simple method for making an accurate sundial on a patch of level ground, there is …

Coral reefs head for ‘knock-out punch’
04:07 2018-01-06

Repeat bouts of warmer seawater are posing a significant challenge to the world’s tropical corals. A study of 100 reefs, published in Science Magazine, shows the interval between bleaching events in recent decades has shortened dramatically. It has gone from once every 25-30 years in the early 1980s to an average of just once every …

An incredible ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ will occur at the end of January
01:35 2018-01-05

If you loved getting a glimpse of the wolf moon – the first supermoon of 2018 which graced our skies on January 1 – you’ll want to know all about the lunar phenomena that is set to occur on January 31. Dubbed the ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’, the spectacular event will merge three separate lunar …

Scientists warn we may be creating a ‘digital dark age’
07:20 2018-01-03

You may think that those photos on Facebook or all your tweets may last forever, or might even come back to haunt you, depending on what you have out there. But, in reality, much of our digital information is at risk of disappearing in the future. Unlike in previous decades, no physical record exists these …

The first supermoon of 2018 will appear on New Year’s Day — and it’s more special than usual
06:04 2017-12-30

On January 1 — New Year’s Day — we’ll see the first supermoon of 2018. Different cultures around the world have given various names to each full moon of the year. The first full moon of the year is called the wolf moon after the idea that wolves howl at the moon. And in this …