Leatherback turtles have been around for a hundred million years now, and they are desperately trying to fend off the onslaught of man's activities which has decimated their population by 95 percent in the past two decades.

On April 16, the online community can watch as 11 of these sea turtles swim for the future of their species from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Island in Ecuador where they will hopefully lay their eggs and give birth to a new generation.

Using satellite tracking devices, scientists and everyone interested can track the movement of the turtles across the pacific as the ancient reptiles embark on their 950-mile odyssey. Participants can choose which of the turtles will make it to Galapagos. There's no reward for getting it right, but to know that hope for the species is at hand should be fulfilling enough.

The turtles are extremely endangered as a lot of their kind have died because of pollution, poaching and destruction of their habitat. These turtles can grow as big as almost six feet long and can weigh as much as 1,540 pounds.

Entanglement to fishing nets and choking on plastics mistaken for jellyfish are just some of the leading causes of turtle deaths in the Pacific ocean. If you want to check it out see www.greatturtlerace.com .

In an effort to uncover and have a full grasp of the universe's humble beginnings, scientists from different countries are aiming to recreate the Big Bang. This was announced on a world physics summit recently-- and just so you could sleep soundly tonight: no, they are not gonna send a powerful nuclear weapon in space then detonate it.

To recreate the Big Bang, the scientists would be conducting a laboratory experiment which will happen somewhere in Europe next year. The experiment will see the collaboration of US, Japanese and Russian scientists to increase scientific knowledge of dark energy and matter according to summit organizer Carlos Montufar, of Ecuador's San Francisco University. There isn't much specific details given as to how the experiment is going to be conducted.

Mr. Montufar only said that "the idea is to generate a clash between particles similar to what happened a thousandth of a second after the Big Bang and see what it could tell us about the standard model of matter." Scientists from all around the world have been meeting at the Galapagos Island (the same island that was the focus of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution) for the summit. Notable attendees include Nobel physics prize laureates Frank Wilczeck and Leon Lederman of the United States.