In Southeast Asia, hundreds of thousands of people working in fraud centres are scamming people across the world. US authorities suggest the fraudsters are responsible for scams worth almost $10 billion a year against US nationals alone. Victims in Europe, the UK and China have also been targeted.
Over 1 million plastic water bottles are bought globally every minute. That translates into more than 1. 3 billion every day and more than 500 billion every year.
In a small first-of-its-kind human study, high-dose creatine supplements increased brain creatine levels by 11 percent. Researchers say the findings present a greater opportunity.
Curiosity has been photographing Mars in its search for evidence of water and life for over 5,000 Martian days. Here are 10 of the most surprising and weird photos the rover has sent back to Earth.
Chunk, Bucky Dent, Walker, and Gully all compete on Day 2. The post Fat Bear Week Day 2: Battle of the big boys and the up-and-comers appeared first on Popular Science .
A pigeon turning its head might seem an unlikely electricity generator. Yet one proposed explanation for the bird's magnetic sense depends on exactly that: Turning through Earth's magnetic field would produce tiny electrical signals inside its ears. However, a theoretical study suggests that th...