Some conspiracy theorists are waiting with baited breath for the day advanced extraterrestrials arrive from outer space, but we are not ready. The main reason for this is because we have not yet learned to fully cooperate as a species and may be too threatening for a intergalactic species. These are the views of Erich
The Ol Doinyo Lengai, called the Mountain of God by the Maasai people is showing signs it may erupt. This is the only volcano in the world that sometimes erupts natrocarbonatite lava, a highly fluid lava that contains almost no silicon. According to Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi, reporting from the foothills of the volcano, Old Doinyo Lengai is now threatening
A 68-year-old Seattle woman who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba used regular tap water to rinse her sinuses, according to new research. Microscopic image of a sample taken from the woman’s brain, with arrows indicating the amoebas. Picture by K. J. Piper et al., 2018/International Journal of Infectious Diseases As noted in a
A bizarre video has prompted huge debate among conspiracy theorists that an impending apocalypse is on the way. The video, believed to have been shot in Michigan shows a rogue space body next to the sun in broad daylight. Commenting on the video, the conspiracy theorist claimed you “can see there is definitely something in
Online users have accused NASA of “lying” after the US space agency appeared “to cut” its live space feed on the International Space Station (ISS) cameras. Moments before the live feed was interrupted, a mysterious bright blue orb came into view on the screen. In a video posted to YouTube, one of the cameras on the side of
The major winter storm that has been hammering the interior southeast United States and parts of the Mid-Atlantic over the past weekend is now moving offshore. The storm produced 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 feet) of snow across northwest North Carolina and south-central Virgina, left 1 person dead and another one missing, more than
A planetary alignment over the last few days could cause a quake with a magnitude of 9 today, a conspiracy theorist has warned. Earth has become positioned between Venus and Uranus and the gravitational tug from each planet could cause a potentially civilisation ending earthquake. This is according to ‘New-age earthquake forecasting’ website Ditrianum, run
The island nation of Mauritius has little in the way of natural resources – historically, it’s depended on imported petroleum to generate electricity. But increasingly, according to Phys.org, leadership on the island is preparing for an energy-scarce future. They’re investing in solar, wind and hydropower, but also leveraging a key crop on the island:
It’s the most populous city in Western Asia, and it’s sinking into the ground at an alarming rate. Tehran, the capital of Iran and home to some 15 million people in total across its greater urban footprint, is a victim of dramatic subsidence, new research reveals, which is causing the region to sink by more
When it comes to prodding the very boundaries of the Solar System we all reside in, astronomers have had a notoriously tricky time of figuring out where those edges truly lie. For example, it took a whole year to officially confirm that Voyager 1 had reached the interstellar medium of space – the first spacecraft
When Karl Martin of Derbyshire, England picked up a pair of pots for £4 (US$5) at a car boot sale, all he wanted was a nice jar to put his toothbrush in. And for five years, that’s precisely what he had. Imagine his surprise when that toothbrush jar, decorated with a painted antelope, turned
NASA scientists released audio Friday of rumbles captured by its InSight lander on the surface of Mars. The sound recorded with InSight’s sensors on December 1 comes from vibrations caused by wind that NASA estimates was blowing at about 10 to 15 mph (16 to 24 km/h). InSight, which is an acronym for “Interior
Wide swaths of the Carolinas and parts of Georgia woke up to power outages Sunday morning as Winter Storm Diego continued to dump snow and ice across the Southeast. Winter Storm Diego Leaves More than 390,000 Without Power Across Southeast. via Twitter As of 2 p.m. EST, nearly 250,000 customers had no electricity in North
Public concern about our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation is on the rise. Despite claims by government and industry about “no health risks,” proactive consumers are looking for solutions. One that has recently appeared on the scene is a shiny black rock called shungite. EMF (electromagnetic frequency) protective remedies are a dime-a-dozen on the internet,
When your computer stores data, it has to pause while the information moves from one piece of hardware to another. But that may soon stop being the case, as scientists from MIT and the Singapore University of Technology and Design uncovered a new manufacturing trick that should let them build computers that don’t have those
Huge fireball disintegrates over Mexico City on December 8, 2018. Picture: Youtube That must have been a powerful experience! Watch this meteor illuminating the sky over Puebla, Morelos, the entire state of Mexico as well as Mexico City on December 8, 2018: It seems that the cameras monitoring the Popocatepetl Volcano also recorded the passing
This animation shows every recorded earthquake in sequence as they occurred from January 1, 1901, through December 31, 2000, at a rate of 1 year per second. The earthquake hypocenters first appear as flashes then remain as colored circles before shrinking with time so as not to obscure subsequent earthquakes. The size of the circle
A retired professor from the UK says he might have pinpointed the location of Camelot, the legendary castle where stories claim that King Arthur held court some 1,400 years ago – if he actually existed. According to Arthurian literature expert Peter Field, Camelot used to stand at the site of an ancient Roman fort called Camulodunum
2018 is now officially a record year for Yellowstone National Park’s Steamboat Geyser. It has just erupted for the 30th time this year on December 8, 2018, beating the record for most eruptions in one year from 1964. Record Breaking #30 Steamboat Geyser Eruption Yellowstone SuperVolcano. Picture: USGS According to Geyser Times, eruptions have occurred just
A powerful eruption started at Manam volcano, Papua New Guinea on December 8, 2018, ejecting an ash plume up to 13.7 km (45 000 feet) above sea level and forcing authorities to raise the Aviation Color Code to Red. The ongoing heavy ashfall is blocking out sunlight on the island. Powerful eruption of Manm volcano, PNG,
The British passenger liner famously sank on April 15, 1912, sending more than 1,500 passengers and crew to their deaths. Titanic was on its way from Southampton to New York when it struck an iceberg and began to submerge into the Atlantic Ocean. More than 100 years on, many still dispute the official story, with conspiracy
Bob Lazar gained international attention more than 30 years ago after claiming to have worked at the notorious Area 51. In 1989, with the help of journalist George Knapp, Lazar detailed his supposed duties at a base to the south of USAF’s Homey Airport known as S-4. It is speculated that the auxiliary facility in
Four years have passed since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and experts have put the investigation to rest after making little progress in that time. Everyone has a theory on what happened to the flight, and some believe that aliens were directly involved. This theory was given a boost when locals of the
Some Christians believe Jesus Christ will soon return to Earth, which will spark armageddon. Believers claim there is a plethora of signs and one is the technological revolution which is in full swing. One Christian conspiracy theorist believes it is fully laid out in the bible that when technology consumes our lives, this means that
The Boeing 777 disappeared without a trace on March 8 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 people. A former navy officer and managing director of Daedalus Maritime, an independent maritime operations and marine engineering consultancy, believes he has the answer as to why it was never found. According to Daniel Holland,
Some of the world’s most important science is conducted in one of its most inhospitable, hostile places. But not without a cost, new research reveals. A new long-term analysis of researchers stationed in Antarctica sheds new light on a psychological phenomenon very few of us ever have to experience: a unique coping mechanism, triggered when
Two strong explosions took place at Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano over the past 24 hours. Authorities urge residents and tourists not to approach the volcano, especially the crater. The explosions were registered at 22:44 LT, December 7 (04:44 UTC, December 8) and the other at 23:22 LT (05:22 UTC, December 8). They were accompanied by columns of ash
The name says it all, really. With the exception of some orange hairs in the rear, the black mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) is predominantly covered in – you guessed it – pitch black fur. This is true for all the black howler monkeys in the forests of Central America and the north of
When you know a particular topic really well, you might say you know it like the back of your hand. But how well do you really know that hand? Or the rest of your body, for that matter? People have a tendency to share misinformation that, over time, can be misconstrued as fact. The human
As someone who has clocked an unseemly amount of hours on an MMO, I’m no stranger to the guilt that can come from habitual gaming. But the good news is there’s mounting evidence that the hobby can have a range of beneficial effects on your brain, including improved cognitive control, emotional regulation, spatial resolution of
Cold Arctic air continues affecting parts of eastern Asia since Monday, December 3, 2018. While Beijing experienced one of the coldest December days on record, residents of the city of Mohe lived through the city’s first-ever Red warning for cold weather. High temperatures in China’s capital Beijing were held close to -6 °C (21 °F)
Sargeant Karl Wolfe had a top secret clearance and worked with the tactical air command at Langley Air Force base in Virginia, US. In 1965, he was drafted into NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Project. He worked as a precision electronics photograph repairer and was sent to fix equipment for the space agency. During his endeavours, Wolfe was
Peter Stumpp was a German farmer who claimed to have mastered the art of black magic. Over the period of more than two decades, Stumpp had allegedly been an “insatiable bloodsucker” who gorged on the flesh of goats, lambs, and sheep, as well as men, women, and children. He claimed that the devil had given him a magical belt that enabled him to metamorphose into
A powerful eruption started at Manam volcano, Papua New Guinea around 03:00 UTC on December 8, 2018. Heavy ashfall is falling on the island, blocking out sunlight. Volcanic ash rose up to 13.7 km (45 000 feet) above sea level, according to the Darwin VAAC, forcing authorities to raise the Aviation Color Code to Red. Heavy
November 2018’s North America snow cover set a record for any autumn month in the satellite era. Last November’s average snow cover across North America was an estimated 5.24 million square miles, topping the previous November record of 5.11 million square miles in 2014, according to data from the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab (GSL) dating
A strange green light flashing across the sky has baffled local residents and led one expert to say he had seen nothing like it before. The video was shot in West Australia during an intense thunderstorm. As local resident Leigh Stevens looked on, a strange green light – accompanied by an equally unexplained sound –
The “major earthquake warning” was issued by the Ditrianum website on Thursday, telling people to be on alert for significant seismic activity between December 7 and 13. Netherlands-based Frank Hoogerbeets, who runs the website, said during this period Earth will be in line with Mars and Saturn which can be “highly critical”. He said: “This
The Arctic freeze-up season is well underway, with ice extent increasing faster than average for most regions in November. Exceptions were in the Chukchi and Barents Seas, where the ice has been slow to form. Meanwhile, November snow cover over North America was the most extensive since 1966, the National Snow and Ice Data Center
What internet users Down Under say online will no longer be kept on the down low. On Thursday, Australia’s Parliament passed the Assistance and Access Bill. The legislation will force tech companies to help Australian authorities decrypt users’ online communications — and it could represent a major blow to data privacy elsewhere in the world.
A relaxed-looking juvenile Hawaiian monk seal lounges near a sandy white beach on some green foliage. Its eyes are half-closed, and it has a serene expression on its face. But the seal’s calm demeanor is surprising. Why? Well, there’s a long, black-and-white eel dangling from its right nostril. “It’s just so shocking,” Claire Simeone,
Japan’s home prices may be rising, but the country still has more than 8 million unoccupied properties, so many that owners have started giving them away for free. In some cases, local governments are even offering subsidies for people willing to tear down homes and build new ones, according to The Japan Times. Though
It’s official. At 2:23 am in southern China, a rocket carrying unique payload successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. On board is a lander which, if all goes smoothly, will soon make history by touching down on the far side of the Moon. Liftoff for the Chang’e-4 lunar far side landing mission
In the hour after it lost contact with air traffic control, the plane flew in a zigzag pattern from waypoint to waypoint, caught on primary radar by the Malaysian Air Force. This indicates that whoever was in control of the plane knew how to operate and navigate a commercial jets. In short, this incident was
One of the best-known fossils in paleontology, a virtually complete skeleton nicknamed “Little Foot”, could actually represent an entirely new species of early human, scientists have announced. The fossil was first discovered more than 20 years ago, and after decades of careful extraction and research, an analysis of the age, skull and limbs has
Have you ever seen a rainbow swamp? Yes just something like that: “Me and my girlfriend were walking in the woods the other week and saw a rainbow pool for the first time in First Landing State Park, Virginia. Picture by Ross Brenten via Reddit This baffling phenomenon was captured in First Landing State Park,
This is like a scene out of a horror movie! A terrified mum fled her home in Queensland, Australia, after thousands bats fell from the sky in her garden due to the recent heatwave with temperatures reaching 40°C over several days. Dozens of families in and around the city of Cairns, in Australia, have been
According to the Bible, angels were the messengers of God. Though there has been some disagreement over the physical appearance of them, Christians generally accept they are spiritual beings intermediate between God and men. The New Testament includes many interactions, including the presence of angels at the birth of Jesus Christ as well as his resurrection. According
Heavy rainfall hit Maldives, a tropical nation in the Indian Ocean composed of 26 ring-shaped atolls, flooding streets and homes of capital Malé. According to the Maldives Meteorological Services, the capital island received 223.5 mm (8.79 inches) of rain between 08:00 and 20:00 LT on December 5, 2018, breaking the previous 24-hr record of 200 mm (7.87
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