Mont Blanc in France is the highest mountain in the Alps and the highest in Western Europe. A perfect location for a hike during a heatwave. If you were around at the end of June, you could have even taken a nice swim in a beautiful lake that popped up out-of nowhere at over 3,000
More than one million people have now signed up to a Facebook group encouraging people to descend on Area 51 in Nevada to uncover any potential alien secrets. The Facebook group in question is called “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us”, which states: “We will all meet up at the Area 51
The Camp Fire destroyed the town of Paradise, California, last year. Since then, the community has struggled to rebuild. In fact, more than 90 percent of Paradise residents never returned. Paradise, California is almost empty after the deadly Camp Fire. Picture Getty Images Now, the town is officially a “rural area,” which opens the door for more federal assistance
The Apollo 15 crew, consisting of David Scott, Alfred Worden, James Irwin, became just the fourth group to land on the Moon in 1971. However, they were in for a shock once they got there, as they supposedly saw neatly organised tracks on the surface. A transcript between the astronauts and ground control shows how
The western half of Washington state is considered earthquake country, with the potential for very large quakes. Scientists have their top three: The Cascadia Subduction Zone, the Seattle Fault and the South Whidbey Island Fault 3 major fault lines that could destroy Seattle: The Cascadia subduction Zone, the Seattle Fault and the South Whidbey Island
The plot has thickened on a huge discovery from earlier this year that appeared to prove the existence of seemingly ‘impossible’ long-lived galaxies – ones without any dark matter. According to new distance calculations, the galaxy in question is much closer than initial measurements suggested. This changes both the mass of the galaxy as
We’ve all seen footage of astronauts bouncing around on the Moon, looking like they’re having the best time ever. But getting your body to cooperate in low gravity is not that easy – and, delightfully, NASA has a footage collection of men in puffy spacesuits falling over on the lunar surface. It’s not just for
This is the latest anomaly in what’s been a long, hot summer across the Arctic. A new absolute temperature record has been set in Alert, Nunavut, on July 15, 2019, with a max temperature of 21°C (69.8°F), beating the previous max of 20°C (68°F) in 1956. This is also the world record above lat 80.0°N. Temperature
India called off the launch of its much-awaited second lunar mission shortly before liftoff Monday, citing a technical snag, in a setback for the country’s growing ambitions in space. The countdown clock for the Chandrayaan-2 mission – which had been due to blast off from the country’s east coast at 2:51 am – was
Lizzie Daly was diving Saturday off the coast of Cornwall in Britain when she saw something large in the distance and did a double take. Daly had seen a barrel jellyfish before but nothing of this size. Daly, a biologist and broadcaster, swam up to the peach-colored creature gliding through the water, as cameraman
Alan Turing, a founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was revealed Monday as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound bank note. Turing was also famed as a World War II codebreaker whose work was widely credited with hastening the end of the war and saving thousands of lives. But at the time, his
Billy Campbell, who knows nothing of the Royal Family, began hinting he is the rebirth of Lady Diana since the age of two. The Australian youngster mentions his “boys”, Prince Harry and Prince William, as well as describing Balmoral Castle with amazing accuracy. His father, Australian TV presenter David Campbell, revealed Billy’s bizarre comments. The
The Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared on March 8, 2014 is feared to have been hijacked while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Radar and satellite data shows how the aircraft suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang and then towards the southern
Those who persist in denying the reality of human-caused climate change have resorted to scraping the very bottom of the barrel. Last week, climate deniers at several blogs and news outlets jumped on a new “paper” that supposedly “proves” the vast majority of climate scientists are wrong. Except, according to a scientific review from
Water shortages are happening faster than expected. Harare has joined the Indian city of Chennai, India and Manila, Philippines, that have endured water scarcity due to extended drought, polluted water and aging infrastructure. Zimbabwe water crisis: 2 millions residents of Harare without water for weeks. Picture via RainHarvest A few weeks ago, the 4 drinking water
Hidden underneath the Naryn-Kala fortress in Derbent, Russia, is a mysterious subterranean vault – a buried structure whose original purpose has been unknown for decades. Now, thanks to clever use of scanning technology, we might finally know what the building is. Researchers used a nuclear physics technology known as muon radiography. It works by tracking the
A woman in England died after falling onto a reusable metal straw, which pierced her head. And the tragic incident has renewed debate over bans on plastic straws. A woman died after impaling on her metal straw. Picture via Shutterstock The woman, 60-year-old Elena Struthers-Gardner, was carrying a glass with a 10-inch-long stainless-steel straw when she
Yet we know almost nothing about their underground kingdom… New York is overrun by big rats . Picture by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Rats! They eat our food, chew through our property and spread all sorts of nasty diseases. And they are gross (right?), with those naked tails and quick, unpredictable movements. Rats invade our homes —
While the lower Mississippi Valley is bearing the brunt of Barry… Heavy downpours will spread across the mid-Mississippi and Ohio valleys into Wednesday with localized flood dangers. The rain from storm Barry will target mainly the mid-Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys on Tuesday before moving into the upper Ohio Valley on Wednesday, After Barry made landfall as
Tomorrow’s lunar eclipse will peak tomorrow when the Full Buck illuminates the night sky around most of the world. US space agency NASA has calculated the partial eclipse will peak at 10.30pm BST, when our celestial orb lines-up with the shadow projected by our planet. But although the science surrounding eclipses is extremely solid, some
There’s going to be an eclipse tomorrow… A partial eclipse of the Moon. On July 16th, the full Thunder Moon will pass through the shadow of our planet, off center. This movie created by space artist Larry Koehn shows how 65% of the lunar disk will fall into darkness: The 3-hour eclipse reaches maximum coverage at 21:32
Sometimes nature is simply surprising. Look at this bird blowing smoke rings as it cried out to defend its territory at the wetlands of Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Amazing nature: Bird blows vapor rings. Picture taken with a Nikon D500 with Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens; 1/800 second at f/6.3; ISO 2500
An unknowing family was looking out of their window from their home in Rome when they spotted a bright light in the horizon. Suddenly, the light, which is yellowish and perfectly circular, shoots up towards the sky. The family is left baffled by the incident, with people in the background saying in Italian: “What are
We know the “really big one” is coming. But what exactly is going to happen in cities along the Pacific Northwest coast? As the largest earthquake since 2001 hit Seattle area on July 12, 2019 and earthquakes hammer the Southern California desert, I thought the risks of a tsunami-related earthquakes were worth revisiting. Tsunami inundation
The New Madrid earthquakes were the biggest earthquakes in American history. They occurred in the central Mississippi Valley, but were felt as far away as New York City, Boston, Montreal, and Washington D.C. Here some of the strangest happenings during these massive earthquakes! Mind-blowing! Map of the New Madrid earthquakes 1811-1812. via Britannica President James
Once upon a time, the great planet Jupiter was orbited by a glorious ring of dust, according to astronomers. Now, nothing of it remains, having coalesced long ago into the planet’s Galilean moons. But these moon-forming discs should be found around other planets in alien star systems. And for the first time we have
This video describes Seattle’s true earthquake dangers… And what you can do to stay safe. The Cascadia subduction zone is an almost 700 mile-long convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino in California. It separates the Juan de Fuca plate and the North America plates, including the San Andreas Fault.
While our warming atmosphere on Earth threatens many living things, spurring on global warming on Mars could be the key to making the planet habitable for Earthly life. And scientists think they may have identified a material that can help turn up the thermostat for parts of the Red Planet. “Mars is the most
A staggering ONE MILLION people have now joined a Facebook group encouraging people to descend on Area 51 to uncover any potential alien secrets. Area 51 has long been thought of by conspiracy theorists as a place where the US government is hiding intel on alien activity, and it all began when an apparent weather
Using some of the world’s most advanced microscope technology, scientists have captured images of molecules changing their charge state in real time. To do this, they added and removed electrons, directly observing changes to the structure of four molecules. Although we’ve known for a long time that such changes occur, this marks the first
It’s not enough for humans to pump less carbon into the atmosphere. To address climate change, many experts say we’re going to need to find a way to remove some of the emissions already polluting our air. While some scientists are focusing on mechanical solutions to carbon capture, researchers at the Salk Institute’s Harnessing
The “time traveller”, who called himself Noah, claimed to have come from the year 2030. But in a video posted Saturday, 16-year-old YouTuber Denis Bel claimed he was the real Noah. “I can’t do this stupid character anymore,” he said in the video. Describing the impact “Noah” has had on his life, he went on:
Conspiracy theorist and television journalist Jeff Wise believes Moscow ordered the hijack of the Malaysia Airlines flight to divert attention away from its controversial annexation of Crimea. The doomed jet vanished March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 people on board. In his book, The Taking of MH370, Jeff
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. It is still unknown where the plane actually went, but authorities have stated its presumed flight path was over the Indian Ocean and its wreckage is somewhere beneath the waves. This was based
Worried about a Cascadia earthquake, a nuclear war or about climate change? Phffft! Asian longhorned ticks – sometimes called “clone ticks” because they can reproduce without mating – have killed five cows in North Carolina, by draining them out of blood. Each cow was infested by hundreds of ticks. And experts now fear for humans!
On July 3, 2019, the Stromboli volcano erupted violently, killing one tourist and burying villages and hamlets in ash. The following video catches the exact moment of the second, stronger explosion, from a sailboat… WOW! Meanwhile, the Stromboli volcano continues erupting. On that tragic afternoon of July 3, 2019, two violent volcanic explosions shook the
Over the last several months, cities and counties across California have been releasing homeless counts. The results are grim and San Francisco is no exception. Homelessness in a city that’s become a caricature of wealth inequality in the U.S. has increased by about 30% from 2017. The population of homelss in San Francisco has increased
MH370 left Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 8, 2014, destined for Beijing, China with 239 passengers on board. However, the jet last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am, before mysteriously vanishing over the South China Sea. Radar and satellite data shows how the aircraft suddenly changed course and flew back across Malaysia before turning south of Penang
Flesh Eating Bacteria sounds like an urban legend. Let me assure you that it is not. Man contracts flesh-eating bacteria during beach trip with family, dies 48 hours later. Picture via Facebook A Florida woman has been warning people on Facebook about a flesh-eating bacteria that her father contracted while swimming — which took his
A brush fire of 1,200 hectares burns out of control through island’s central valley. Thousands of people on Maui have been ordered to evacuate two towns in the path of a spreading wildfire. Hawaii wildfire forces thousands to evacuate Maui towns as it goes out of control. Picture by Matthew Thayer/AP The 1,200 hectare (3,000
On July 12, 2019, the Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the Aviation Color Code to YELLOW and the Alert Level to ADVISORY at Shishaldin Volcano. This change is based on increased seismic activity over the past few weeks, accompanied by elevated surface temperatures at the summit in satellite data. A pilot also observed incandescence in the summit crater
“If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets see them aliens.” Naruto is a reference to a popular Japanese anime character. So far, 639,000 people have confirmed their attendance on Facebook – almost exactly the population of Las Vegas. The idea also attracted significant interest from people posting on the #area51raid
In an incredible first, scientists have captured the world’s first actual photo of quantum entanglement – a phenomenon so strange Einstein famously described it as ‘spooky action at a distance’. The image was captured by physicists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and it’s so breathtaking we can’t stop staring. It might not look
SpaceX is about to perform its most ambitious test-launch yet of a shiny Mars rocket prototype in south Texas. Workers have descended upon the developing coastal launch site over the past 8 months to build and prepare the stout, three-legged prototype for testing. It’s built out of stainless steel, has the shape of a badminton
Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. When it disappeared from air traffic control radar it was flying over the South China Sea near Vietnam. Mike McKay, an oil rig worker from New Zealand, spotted what he thought was MH370 in the area. According to
Caring about the climate crisis can often feel like a lonely and helpless burden, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Simply talking about the issue with your friends and family can actually make a big difference, according to a new study. The advice might sound like a political minefield, especially if you
Something strange is happening 130 milling light-years away in spiral galaxy NGC 3147: there’s a thin disc of material surrounding its small and ‘starving’ black hole that’s a complete surprise to astronomers. Discs like the one spotted in NGC 3147 – made up of gas, dust and other debris pulled into the black hole’s
The weather is going crazy again with snowfalls reported across Eastern Europe and up to Turkey between July 8 and 11. Insane, isn’t it? Romania snow july 2019: This mountain should be green this time of the year. Picture by prinvacanta.ro Romania: First summer snowfall on Pietrosul Rodnei Peak in 15 years A sudden drop
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